as in to standardize
to make agree with a single established standard or model
English spelling wasn't normalized until printed books became common
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In 2020, Trump's administration brokered the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations in the Middle East between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
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Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
The Israeli government, which is opposed to Palestinian statehood, is reportedly discussing a postwar plan with the United Arab Emirates, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020 and backs a rival Fatah faction.
—Samy Magdy and Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Overturning the current, dangerous power dynamic will take some work—we’re rapidly pushed to normalize a world in which AI companies simply put new and untested AI models into real-world systems, with regular people as the collateral damage.
—Rumman Chowdhury, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
Those accords established diplomatic relations between Israel and some Gulf States, and set off a flurry of economic and cultural exchanges further normalizing the Jewish state’s existence among its Arab neighbors.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
The Israeli government, which is opposed to Palestinian statehood, is reportedly discussing a postwar plan with the United Arab Emirates, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020 and backs a rival Fatah faction.
—Samy Magdy and Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Overturning the current, dangerous power dynamic will take some work—we’re rapidly pushed to normalize a world in which AI companies simply put new and untested AI models into real-world systems, with regular people as the collateral damage.
—Rumman Chowdhury, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
Those accords established diplomatic relations between Israel and some Gulf States, and set off a flurry of economic and cultural exchanges further normalizing the Jewish state’s existence among its Arab neighbors.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Normalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalize. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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