normalcy
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Appeared in the April 7, 2026, print edition as 'Voters Still Want Normalcy'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Normalcy has been in short supply during the past eight months, and Shriver has been keenly aware of that living amid the cleanup of the Palisades and touring the devastation of Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2025
"Normalcy bias," meaning the belief that because things have operated in a certain way for as long as many people can remember, explains much of this error.
From Salon • May 13, 2022
It put him face to face daily with Dreadful Normalcy itself.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Normalcy is each of us knowing that the effectiveness of available tools no longer pales in comparison to the risk of infection and its consequences.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022
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