normalcy
noun
nor·mal·cy
ˈnȯr-məl-sē 
: the state or fact of being normal
a return to normalcy after war
Examples of normalcy in a Sentence
Let's hope for an end to the war and a return to normalcy.
a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life
Recent Examples on the Web
Norton skillfully conveys John’s efforts to maintain a façade of normalcy while his eyes reveal the interior struggle of his brooding thoughts on mortality, his diminishing strength and his son’s inevitable pain.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
Even while coping with a cancer diagnosis, parents still worry deeply about maintaining some sense of normalcy for their children.
—Mia Taylor, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
Bars there overflow with hipsters; cafés are crowded with young couples; concerts, art exhibits, and other cultural events lend the city a sense of comfortable, cosmopolitan normalcy.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
With teams scheduled for a stay of at least six weeks, the league added elements to maintain a sense of normalcy, including arcade games and barber shops.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Lysenko would never feel safe in her hometown again, even as normalcy — busy restaurants and bars, playgrounds filled with laughing children — returned.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
But there was a similar sense of normalcy: everybody was calm; nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The accompanying uptick in visitors to Hong Kong, along with a slew of satellite exhibitions, public art displays and parties coinciding with the event, have provided a sense of normalcy to a city grappling with new economic and political realities.
—Stephy Chung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
In Florida, Georgia, South Dakota and other Republican-run states, life resumed some semblance of normalcy far more quickly, even as death tolls mounted.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
Even while coping with a cancer diagnosis, parents still worry deeply about maintaining some sense of normalcy for their children.
—Mia Taylor, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
Bars there overflow with hipsters; cafés are crowded with young couples; concerts, art exhibits, and other cultural events lend the city a sense of comfortable, cosmopolitan normalcy.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
With teams scheduled for a stay of at least six weeks, the league added elements to maintain a sense of normalcy, including arcade games and barber shops.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Lysenko would never feel safe in her hometown again, even as normalcy — busy restaurants and bars, playgrounds filled with laughing children — returned.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
But there was a similar sense of normalcy: everybody was calm; nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The accompanying uptick in visitors to Hong Kong, along with a slew of satellite exhibitions, public art displays and parties coinciding with the event, have provided a sense of normalcy to a city grappling with new economic and political realities.
—Stephy Chung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
In Florida, Georgia, South Dakota and other Republican-run states, life resumed some semblance of normalcy far more quickly, even as death tolls mounted.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/normalcy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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