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
Taken together, these dynamics made the Biden presidency feel like a return to normalcy—a restoration, not an interregnum.
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Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Sandberg’s death, announced in the middle of Monday’s game, took some focus off the opener of an important end-of-July series, but a sense of normalcy returned one night later, beginning with the now-traditional booing of Cubs manager Craig Counsell at his old ballpark.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Even though her husband and her eldest son will one day be king, Princess Kate has strived to maintain a sense of normalcy at home.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 22 July 2025
The ceasefire has held but any sense of normalcy has not returned to the relations between the two countries.
—Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 2025
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Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Sandberg’s death, announced in the middle of Monday’s game, took some focus off the opener of an important end-of-July series, but a sense of normalcy returned one night later, beginning with the now-traditional booing of Cubs manager Craig Counsell at his old ballpark.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Even though her husband and her eldest son will one day be king, Princess Kate has strived to maintain a sense of normalcy at home.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 22 July 2025
The ceasefire has held but any sense of normalcy has not returned to the relations between the two countries.
—Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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