normalize
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Yes, it’s so valuable to teach our children to normalize repair and accountability, and to make it not such a massive deal to apologize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Even if Middle East LNG flows normalize soon, we currently expect Europe to struggle to reach the 80% storage target before the start of winter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“If even directionally accurate, this would suggest that the current favorable pricing environment is unlikely to normalize any time soon,” Slowinski said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Now she’s ignited a debate: Is commenting on people’s bodies harmful, or does silence normalize extreme thinness?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Modern Spiritualism helped normalize female leadership—advancing the public power and wisdom of women’s voices.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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I think as everybody got older, they started getting desperate to work and make money, and that normalizes you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Most experts are working with the assumption that it will be several weeks, if not months, before Middle Eastern production normalizes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Our biggest call…on the assumption of an unrestricted Hormuz, is that the oil market normalizes far quicker than consensus expects,” Macquarie strategist Peter Taylor wrote in a research note.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
It also normalizes elite privilege by reframing it as relatable aspiration.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Nichols normalizes the text, spells out several names in full, and adds several unimportant notes.
From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by J. V. (Joseph V.) Guerinot
The combination of a good proportion of diabetics getting back to normalized glucose levels and achieving sustained weight loss with enicepatide give the drug a competitive profile, Schneider says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The International Energy Agency recently pushed its timeline for normalized Middle East energy flows into 2027 from late 2026 previously.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
"We feel abandoned, and we believe this march is a way to express that, despite the passage of time, we have not normalized the violence and we want peace."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Zverev, who followed brother Mischa, 9 years his senior, says traveling to pro events as a kid helped normalized the ATP Tour early.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was a breathtaking moment, for in one sweeping action he had virtually normalized the situation in South Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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“Given our baseline of normalizing inflation, peaking energy prices and more dovish central banks, 10-year bonds should gradually move from headwind to hedge in portfolios,” said the strategists.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
By the end, he managed to orchestrate the Abraham Accords, an agreement normalizing diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Israel.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
But to avoid feeling complicit or like we’re normalizing something we know to be harmful, there are discussions to be had—amongst ourselves at least.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since demand is still looking robust and jet fuel prices are normalizing, it remains to be seen how sticky this fare momentum will be, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
“It’s not normalizing anything if everyone just pretends they don't see it or that the tampons don't exist.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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