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 two tried, briefly, to maintain some sense of normalcy.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Those with enough capital often purchase homes or rent them for the season in an attempt to create some sort of domestic normalcy.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Medical teams have boarded the cruise, Hattuta added, which is contributing to a sense of normalcy after days of worry and concern.
—Camille Behnke, NBC news, 7 May 2026
The Post said that April was the 10th below-normal month of precipitation in the last 11 months, and that the region needs about an inch of rain weekly to return to normalcy.
—Mike Stunson, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Those with enough capital often purchase homes or rent them for the season in an attempt to create some sort of domestic normalcy.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Medical teams have boarded the cruise, Hattuta added, which is contributing to a sense of normalcy after days of worry and concern.
—Camille Behnke, NBC news, 7 May 2026
The Post said that April was the 10th below-normal month of precipitation in the last 11 months, and that the region needs about an inch of rain weekly to return to normalcy.
—Mike Stunson, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalcy
normality
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The tariff refunds will help businesses get back to some semblance of normality.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Chloe Claudel, picking up on that thread, directs the play in a cleverly glitchy mode, giving you normality with sudden, jolting gestures that move it into territory that’s unsettling, hilarious, or oddly serene.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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