as in normality
the state or fact of being the way things usually are
a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life
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Going into season three, our characters in both the past and present are eager to claim a sense of normalcy amid the bizarre occult chaos that is their lives.
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Abby Monteil, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
Retaining a sense of normalcy, and even of fun and entertainment, in Russia’s big cities is among the Kremlin’s chief political goals.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
The outbreak comes after the humane society returned to a sense of normalcy following a spike in canine admissions that cost the shelter nearly $100,000 in non-budgeted expenses, according to The Baltimore Sun.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
Set five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie have been spending most of their time in Jackson, finally finding a sense of normalcy in a world that is anything but.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
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Abby Monteil, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
Retaining a sense of normalcy, and even of fun and entertainment, in Russia’s big cities is among the Kremlin’s chief political goals.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
The outbreak comes after the humane society returned to a sense of normalcy following a spike in canine admissions that cost the shelter nearly $100,000 in non-budgeted expenses, according to The Baltimore Sun.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
Set five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie have been spending most of their time in Jackson, finally finding a sense of normalcy in a world that is anything but.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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