normality

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Recent Examples of normality 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 By the time the world returned to relative normality, her priorities had shifted. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 But coming out of a pandemic that had robbed players of normality, a few days extra at the best tournaments felt doable, given the financial payoff. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026 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 Oil prices fell to their lowest level since the US-Israel war with Iran, as growing signs of a tentative return to normality through the Strait of Hormuz soothed markets. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 June 2026 The second payment comes when expectations come back to normality. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 But normality is gauged by behavior, an individual’s social life. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normality
Noun
  • But at a school that just produced Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and Naismith Player of the Year Cameron Boozer, among others, Garcia gets the rare opportunity to tap into some normalcy.
    — Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The stakes are just different now for Skubal, who has repeatedly talked about keeping everything the same and finding normalcy in any situation.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Still, the direction of travel for this industry is from a Wild West of essentially unbridled development to a more regulated status quo.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • His characters confront moments of reckoning—some comic, others karmic, often both—where self-belief collides with a buckling status quo.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Mercury in your 9th House squares Mars in your 6th, making schedules, chores, work, or health routines feel especially restrictive when your mind wants to explore something larger.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Weekends are for competing and the beach, for spending time with friends and climbing through brief windows of freedom in a life otherwise built on routine.
    — Bella Armstrong, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Normality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normality. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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