as in standardizing
to make agree with a single established standard or model
English spelling wasn't normalized until printed books became common
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Recent Examples of normalizing
Johnson will talk about using storytelling as a brand and mission tool, normalizing reproducting health and reducing stigma.
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Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
Democrats have too often done the opposite — stoking hostility, normalizing dysfunction and creating a less stable, less safe environment for families and working people.
—Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
As well as normalizing abusive behavior, the manosphere has introduced an extra level of threat to women’s day-to-day lives.
—Lucy Morgan, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2026
By embracing gambling so completely—normalizing it, celebrating it, reaping massive profits from it—the leagues have all but ensured that many fans will see it as baked into the game itself.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Right now, Israel is seen as aggressive and destabilizing, and normalizing relations would be a real challenge.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
Oil prices tanked amid hopes of the crude trade normalizing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The real threat to Americans is our headlong rush toward normalizing blatant murder, whether that be of nameless occupants of motorboats in the Caribbean, schoolgirls in Iran or United States citizens in the streets of Minneapolis.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Achieving a virtuous cycle linking wages, consumption and prices is a key condition that would allow the central bank to continue normalizing policy with rate increases.
—Erica Yokoyama, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
Democrats have too often done the opposite — stoking hostility, normalizing dysfunction and creating a less stable, less safe environment for families and working people.
—Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
As well as normalizing abusive behavior, the manosphere has introduced an extra level of threat to women’s day-to-day lives.
—Lucy Morgan, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2026
By embracing gambling so completely—normalizing it, celebrating it, reaping massive profits from it—the leagues have all but ensured that many fans will see it as baked into the game itself.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Right now, Israel is seen as aggressive and destabilizing, and normalizing relations would be a real challenge.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
Oil prices tanked amid hopes of the crude trade normalizing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The real threat to Americans is our headlong rush toward normalizing blatant murder, whether that be of nameless occupants of motorboats in the Caribbean, schoolgirls in Iran or United States citizens in the streets of Minneapolis.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Achieving a virtuous cycle linking wages, consumption and prices is a key condition that would allow the central bank to continue normalizing policy with rate increases.
—Erica Yokoyama, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalizing
standardizing
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Economo and his colleagues see it as a blueprint for digitizing, standardizing, and scaling anatomy itself.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2026
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Just over 50% of breast cancer patients in Kenya present with an advanced stage of the disease at diagnosis, according to the health ministry, which is working on standardizing early detection.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Normalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalizing. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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