as in normality
the state or fact of being the way things usually are
a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life
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Recent Examples of normalcy
The abrupt interference with normalcy had many financial, social and political impacts.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
While the island community where Spike and his family live has achieved something resembling normalcy, the mainland has been completely abandoned.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 20 June 2025
That helped kind of regulate normalcy a little bit, helped kind of take care of some dizziness, , and anxiety.
—Outside Online, 4 June 2025
That would restore one piece of normalcy – being able to use their own washer and dryer.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
While the island community where Spike and his family live has achieved something resembling normalcy, the mainland has been completely abandoned.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 20 June 2025
That helped kind of regulate normalcy a little bit, helped kind of take care of some dizziness, , and anxiety.
—Outside Online, 4 June 2025
That would restore one piece of normalcy – being able to use their own washer and dryer.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for normalcy
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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