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normalize

[nawr-muh-lahyz] / ˈnɔr məˌlaɪz /




VERB
universalize
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But numbers don’t normalize until about 250 minutes, Redick believes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Bloomberg Intelligence’s Yilmaz, meanwhile, said that if refining margins continue to normalize, that should eventually translate into some relief for wholesale and retail fuel prices.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I won’t normalize somebody who has said that my childhood is something I’m just complaining about,” Ms. Acton told Spectrum News.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I won’t normalize somebody who said my childhood is just something I’m complaining about,” Acton said in a Tuesday appearance on Spectrum News.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I must point out that the move I have taken provides you with the opportunity to overcome the current deadlock, and to normalize the country’s political situation. I hope you will seize it without delay.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

The president said he wanted to avoid an “economic catastrophe,” though investors will watch for how quickly shipping through the crucial waterway normalizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 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

Robin Brooks, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, has made the case for several weeks that the risk premium in the oil price was exaggerated, especially since shipments through Hormuz have normalized.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

But we’ve allowed him to become normalized in a way.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, even as crude supply has largely normalized, the availability of fuels that consumers and industrial users rely on remains constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Newspaper ads for brides were normalized and proliferated in 19th century America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

Rather than a threat to growth, rising interest rates were welcomed as a sign that the economy might finally be normalizing after years of sluggish growth following the 2008-09 financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

These accords involve Arab or Muslim countries normalizing relations with Israel.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

Despite the potential blockade to come, analysts at Citigroup maintain a diplomatic solution nearing soon with flows through the Strait of Hormuz normalizing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 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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