as in to standardize
to make agree with a single established standard or model
English spelling wasn't normalized until printed books became common
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Recent Examples of normalize
Too many young people grow up in environments where dysfunction becomes normalized.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
By normalizing struggle and encouraging shared responsibility, leaders can distribute the emotional labor of change across the system rather than forcing individuals to carry it alone.
—Lourdes Mestre, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Bloodwork kept showing elevated prolactin, and by the winter of 2023, her systems symptoms had not normalized.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 June 2026
OnlyFans has become so normalized in our culture.
—Louis Staples, Glamour, 27 May 2026
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
By normalizing struggle and encouraging shared responsibility, leaders can distribute the emotional labor of change across the system rather than forcing individuals to carry it alone.
—Lourdes Mestre, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Bloodwork kept showing elevated prolactin, and by the winter of 2023, her systems symptoms had not normalized.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 June 2026
OnlyFans has become so normalized in our culture.
—Louis Staples, Glamour, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalize
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This also will help provide transparency needed to guide infrastructure investment and scale recycling technologies, while also standardizing shared definitions, material taxonomies and reporting to ensure industry-wide compliance.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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Residency programs are guided by a set of core competencies intended to standardize assessment across training environments.—
Vanessa Grubbs,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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“Normalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalize. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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