HARMONIZATION Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

harmonization

noun

Definition of harmonization

as in correction

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

maladaptation

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Recent Examples of harmonization The two organizations earlier this year unveiled a joint ESG harmonization framework aimed at supporting suppliers and preparing brands for coming European regulatory requirements. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 If the two agencies can avoid repeating past regulatory disagreements and provide clear definitions, the harmonization will be a benefit for prediction markets, said Peter Chan, a Baker McKenzie partner and former SEC employee. — Ananya Chetia,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 16 July 2026 Waiting for regulatory harmonization is not a strategy. — Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Member states will then have a year to bring the measures into national law, except for Article 4 on harmonization, which must be adopted by July 28, 2028. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026 After more than 15 years of collaborative work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) established and validated a universal TSH harmonization protocol. — Samantha Bonsack, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026 But beyond cost, there still isn’t enough harmonization where data collection is concerned. — Tara Donaldson, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2026 The effort involves things like fast-track permitting for cross-border military deployments and a harmonization of governmental authorizations that currently hamper fast movement. — Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 Progress on issues such as requirements for technology transfers and sharing and the harmonization of regulatory standards should be areas of particular focus. — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmonization

Noun

Is that over-correction or proper compliance according to Coulter?

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
But then there was a market correction in April 2022, and the economics no longer made sense to keep that streaming output going.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of correction

Noun

This may be a helpful readjustment for your husband.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
As the second day of Group of Seven discussions proceed in Paris, the aftermath of a bond-market readjustment factoring in more inflation has raised the burden of proof needed to keep borrowing costs unchanged.

— Craig Stirling, Bloomberg, 19 May 2026

Definition of readjustment

Noun

The one group left out of this transformation, Nussbaum believed, were working-class women.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Ahead, Bélanger details Reinhart’s transformation, how hair furthers the stories of both her character and costar Tom Bateman’s, and gives us a glimpse of the happenings behind the scenes.

— Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of transformation

Noun

The way voters elect highway district commissioners is set to change this November — and the Ada County Highway District said it was blindsided by the timing of the revision.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026
One of those revisions earned John Nash of Princeton University and two others the Noble economics prize.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of revision

Noun

Sharing, the final step in the framework, relies on social attunement, vulnerability and mutual feedback.

— Kelly Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
In the Polish Pavilion, Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski explored communication beyond spoken language through immersive sound and image, proposing vibration, listening, and collective attunement as alternatives to institutional authority.

— Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026

Definition of attunement

Noun

To do this, workers make surgical modifications and upgrades to key plant equipment, including turbines, pumps, motors and cooling systems.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Fewer design changes The first of Gaucher’s four-pillar strategy involves locking in submarine designs to prevent modifications from slowing construction.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of modification

Noun

Committing to the fundamentals There was going to be an adjustment process on the offensive line; there always is when five new players have to learn to play together as one unit for the first time.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
China, the world’s largest crude importer, also made a large, orchestrated adjustment that resulted in its seaborne imports’ dropping from over 11 million barrels a day before the war to just over seven million in August.

— RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of adjustment

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