usualness

noun

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as in typicalness

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  1. normality
  2. fairness
  3. everydayness
  4. mundaneness
Noun
  • In Season 2, the Klatts are finally getting back to normality until Wanda is caught seemingly red-handed standing over a dead body.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • Sometimes there’s no need to look any further than normality.
    — TIME, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of normality
Noun
  • The goal not to invent a new standard of fairness after the fact, just to apply the existing standards consistently.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • People are reacting not only to climate change itself but also to what a policy signals about government, markets, fairness and personal cost.
    — Mayank Kejriwal, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
Definition of fairness
Noun
  • The everydayness of these items may also hold clues to their draw.
    — Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Epic narratives worthy of a novel, as well as anecdotes of the quiet everydayness of everyday things, both grounding and inspiring.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Definition of everydayness
Noun
  • Charles Wylie, the museum’s curator of photography, says the exhibit highlights the centrality of the Black experience in American history, from the tragedies to the mundaneness of family life.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of mundaneness
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