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harmonize

[hahr-muh-nahyz] / ˈhɑr məˌnaɪz /


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Regulators have been working on finalizing new capital standards for banks for years, the culmination of an international effort to harmonize capital requirements after the 2008 financial crisis.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The mushy score, absurdly pompous speeches, and Victorian staginess harmonize with Mr. Fraser’s conception of his role as the emoter in chief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

"One of the technical advances that we made in this work is to figure out how to harmonize all these different data modalities so they can come together to learn the same language," Zou said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026

Tony Xu, DoorDash’s chief executive, said during the company’s earnings call on Wednesday that the planned investments would help harmonize its tech infrastructure, after bringing those other delivery platforms under its wing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025

A writer also has to harmonize the tenses according to a scheme called sequence of tenses, tense agreement, or backshift.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Designed by Snøhetta and inspired by the 26th president’s love for the American wilderness, the new building is a moving work of architecture that harmonizes with its North Dakota landscape setting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

“The Moment” harmonizes well with Joanna Natasegara’s “The Disciple,” which digs into the fraught backstory of the Wu-Tang Clan’s controversial seventh album, “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

“I am happy to see the CDC guidance that harmonizes the approach and gives people concrete information of what they can do everyday,” said Dean Sidelinger, Oregon’s state epidemiologist.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

Frontman Tony Lewis's voice is dynamic and empathetic, and he frequently harmonizes with guitarist-keyboardist John Spinks, creating lovely vocal flourishes.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2023

When a sentence gets complicated, though, even a literate writer can lose track of how each branch in a coordination harmonizes with the rest of the tree.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Stanford exhorted men to “engage in some useful calling which best harmonized with his tastes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The data calendar is light on Friday, although eurozone balance of payments data for May and final harmonized CPI data for June are due for release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The research team used harmonized survey data collected between 2009 and 2023 through the Gateway to Global Aging Data project.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Eurozone industrial production data for April are due Monday, followed by final eurozone harmonized CPI data for May on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The last of these he favored mostly because as it aged its color evolved from that of old ivory to a golden honey hue that harmonized with the burnished red of the cedar hulls.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

WSJ: It seems like therefore the “different speeds” version of Europe might work for some things but not others like harmonizing standards, the AI project as a collective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Each element should layer on top of the others, sometimes harmonizing, sometimes clashing just enough to make every bite sing.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025

Volman and high-school pal Howard Kaylan rose to fame with the ‘60s pop classic ‘Happy Together,’ then spent years as the harmonizing duo Flo & Eddie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

Just after the Stellas were cast on the show, they shot to internet fame when a video of them harmonizing on a cover of Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” went viral.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

And then Tiny takes a step forward and joins him, harmonizing, and they launch into the greatest musical song I've ever heard.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan


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