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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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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Friendly Confines still full of 'joy' Amid the increasingly aggressive crackdown, many in Chicago are trying to maintain a sense of normalcy and big events help eclipse the national spotlight that comes from immigration agents shooting residents or Trump calling for the governor’s arrest.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hats off to the two youngins for challenging the horological status quo.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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For 50 years, that status quo held uneasily, as subsequent peace efforts failed.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Blasting the track over and over out of the car, Mighty Bay takes charge, coming up with mini dance routines on the fly and critiquing the little details that are off on each shot.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
17 Oct. 2025
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LimX Dynamics’ full-size humanoid robot Oli has once again stunned its fans after performing what the Chinese company calls a full-body stretch routine in a new social media video.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Normality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normality. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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