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 public, exhausted by strife, will reward normalcy.
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Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
At an asylum seeker camp in Reynosa, Mexico, a makeshift school had been set up inside a church to bring some sense of normalcy to families displaced by violence, poverty, or political upheaval.
—Cas Holman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
The public, exhausted by strife, will reward normalcy.
—Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
And behind the closed door, after the party is over, I am curled in a ball trying to will myself into normalcy again.
—Via Harvest Books, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
At an asylum seeker camp in Reynosa, Mexico, a makeshift school had been set up inside a church to bring some sense of normalcy to families displaced by violence, poverty, or political upheaval.
—Cas Holman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
The public, exhausted by strife, will reward normalcy.
—Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
And behind the closed door, after the party is over, I am curled in a ball trying to will myself into normalcy again.
—Via Harvest Books, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for normalcy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalcy
normality
Noun
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Strength in this area transcends all career levels and separates excellence from normality.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Omar’s office is characterized by pristine normality — with its glass walls and desktop computers, its phones and its headsets.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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