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
Well, many folks who juggle tight household budgets might disagree with the inflation data showing some normalcy.
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
In theory, these shocks are supposed to fade, and the greater good is served by merely bandaging the complaints of lower-income groups until the headline metrics herald an apparent return to normalcy.
—Gene Ludwig, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
There are chaotic military bases and open-air markets and mad prophets and scavengers and snipers and some people who’ve managed to establish some twisted sense of normalcy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
That sense of normalcy lowered suspicion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
In theory, these shocks are supposed to fade, and the greater good is served by merely bandaging the complaints of lower-income groups until the headline metrics herald an apparent return to normalcy.
—Gene Ludwig, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
There are chaotic military bases and open-air markets and mad prophets and scavengers and snipers and some people who’ve managed to establish some twisted sense of normalcy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
That sense of normalcy lowered suspicion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalcy
normality
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But after such an odd week to start F1’s on-track running in 2026, some normality will resume in two weeks at the first Bahrain test.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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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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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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