as in normalcy
the state or fact of being the way things usually are
the county slowly has returned to normality after a week of flash flooding
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Recent Examples of normality
Strength in this area transcends all career levels and separates excellence from normality.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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
The community responds exactly how they’re supposed to respond, based on their perception of reality, their environmental normality, their foundational roots, and frameworks around family and community.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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
The community responds exactly how they’re supposed to respond, based on their perception of reality, their environmental normality, their foundational roots, and frameworks around family and community.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normality
Noun
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One of the best things the Wolves can do is give Reid a chance to find a little bit of normalcy in the midst of the heartbreak.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Alisha herself found a new sense of normalcy in her new community.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The main distinction among the parties is over how best to preserve the cross-strait status quo, not whether to do so.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Republicans want the same old status quo — rising costs, declining health care.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dog day care provides a safe environment that helps establish a consistent routine.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Clinicians should build integration routines, debriefs, journaling and check-ins into their workflows so that transformation is sustainable.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Normality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normality. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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