usualness

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as in typicalness

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  1. normality
  2. fairness
  3. everydayness
  4. mundaneness
Noun
  • Weiss has her own particular vision of American and international normality.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The crimson hue that may have been visible at the height of the eclipse will gradually fade as the crescent of the lunar disk exposed to direct sunlight grows, and normality reasserts itself over the natural satellite.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of normality
Noun
  • In fairness, Brown was expressing discontent with the organization and clearly didn't want to be partnered with Jayson Tatum.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • About 7 in 10 AAPI adults say healthcare is one of the most important issues in the election, while only about half say this about foreign policy, crime, immigration, election fairness or climate change.
    — Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 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
  • To be clear, the mundaneness, examined piecemeal, is undeniably horrific.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • 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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