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
For the parents out there who are still trying to get organized after a holiday, restore your house to a normalcy after the chaos of the holiday season with the help of the CoComelon YouTube channel.
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025
Grief gets layered on top of grief and secrets stack sky high as suburban normalcy decays into something at once alarmingly unstable and comfortingly funny.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
Ah, sweet normalcy setting back in.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
Rieder has been saying what the Oval Office wants to hear, continually advocating for rate cuts this year and arguing the economy is approaching normalcy.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025
Grief gets layered on top of grief and secrets stack sky high as suburban normalcy decays into something at once alarmingly unstable and comfortingly funny.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
Ah, sweet normalcy setting back in.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
Rieder has been saying what the Oval Office wants to hear, continually advocating for rate cuts this year and arguing the economy is approaching normalcy.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalcy
normality
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The wrinkle in this case is that many remember 2016 both as a hellish tragedy and the last gasp of anything like normality.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2026
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There have been no signs of protests for days in Tehran, where shopping and street life have returned to outward normality, though a week-old internet blackout continued.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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