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normalcy

[nawr-muhl-see] / ˈnɔr məl si /


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I continued with work and friendships, maintaining the appearance of normalcy even as something private broke again and again.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

But once the fund resets, it could allow some normalcy to return to the market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

Uribe and Elizabeth Uribe, who are not related, felt Sheinbaum and other government officials were too quick to declare that things were returning to normalcy and providing a false sense of security.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

They are also considering a reopening of the Houston and Chengdu consulates—closed during the diplomatic chill of 2020—in what would signal a return to normalcy in relations between the two powers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

What is the code of normalcy before it becomes corrupted by cancer’s coda?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee