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normalize

[nawr-muh-lahyz] / ˈnɔr məˌlaɪz /




VERB
universalize
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The only way to normalize it is we have to get comfortable talking about like it is not something different.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 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

However, Windsor said, the market may normalize, possibly as soon as next year, and the price per gigawatt could drop to around $20 billion — eating into SpaceX’s margins.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

They spent so much time trying to normalize her life that Maya sometimes felt like she was anything but normal.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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 still take 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

Both sides condemn legalization, which exists in places like Amsterdam and which imposes a strong regulatory system—but for very different reasons: the first, because it normalizes exploitation and the latter because it limits free trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 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

“We’re in a much more stable environment than where we were a year ago or certainly even two years ago. We’re back into what I would consider the more normalized seasonal trends.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The new Vision returns to a lonely, disconnected world where AI companions are an increasing part of our lives, if not entirely normalized.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

“The crude market has largely normalized, even as refined product supplies remain constrained,” J.P.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 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

To sustain current prices, Yilmaz said the cease-fire needs to hold, negotiations need to continue and commercial shipping through the Gulf needs to keep normalizing without any renewed attacks or disruptions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 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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