normalize
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“Step into almost any gym in the world today and you will see kettlebells, medicine balls, rowing machines, and even buckets of chalk, each of which CrossFit helped normalize for gymgoers,” Mr. Marsh writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
But numbers don’t normalize until about 250 minutes, Redick believes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Memory shortages are driving a shortfall in PC consumption, and CFO David Zinsner says the industry isn’t expected to recover until memory availability and pricing normalize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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
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Still, consumer advocates warn that introducing probabilistic rewards into daily retail purchases normalizes speculative risk in everyday life.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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 normalizes the use of AI replicas and synthetic performers rather than drawing a firm line protecting human performers and their jobs,” said Chuck Slavin, a background actor and performer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The yield curve is expected to gradually stabilize into 2027 as economic growth continues and inflation normalizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 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
But we’ve allowed him to become normalized in a way.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Newspaper ads for brides were normalized and proliferated in 19th century America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Roche’s Chief Medical Officer Levi Garraway said there was a meaningful proportion of patients reaching normalized glucose levels within less than a year of treatment.
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
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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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
Rubner flagged more signs of a normalizing market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the death of the U.S. servicemembers “stiffens our resolve”, raising the specter of escalating American attacks and a further challenge to normalizing transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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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