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
This approach to archival material thus wrestles with a disturbing present in which family dispossession is both normalized and pathologized in the media every single day.
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Opposition parties have strongly criticized Pashinyan for attempting to normalize relations with neighboring Azerbaijan.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
Bad behavior has been normalized.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The approach helps normalize temperature across the device, letting the transistors approach peak performance without reducing reliability.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Opposition parties have strongly criticized Pashinyan for attempting to normalize relations with neighboring Azerbaijan.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
Bad behavior has been normalized.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The approach helps normalize temperature across the device, letting the transistors approach peak performance without reducing reliability.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for normalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalize
standardize
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Siniscalchi hopes other scientists will adopt the scoring system to help standardize and accelerate research on pawedness in dogs.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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Bottles could be standardized by category, which would facilitate recycling of unbroken glass containers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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“Normalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalize. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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