normalized

past tense of normalize

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Recent Examples of normalized What was once a taboo activity, confined to the fringes of society, has been completely normalized. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 In a world where superheroes are very public and normalized, Robert operates as the Iron Man-like Mecha Man, having picked up the mantle from his father and grandfather before him (all also named Robert Robertson). Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025 Its goal shouldn’t be a pause in fighting but a long-term peace — one that leads to normalized relations with the rest of the region and begins to reverse its deepening global isolation. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 Shoval made the documentary, produced by Nancy Spielberg, both as a personal message to his friend and with the aim of drawing attention to his situation, as the hostage crisis dragged on and became normalized. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 Events like comedy festivals and the Red Sea Film Festival, launched in 2019 to promote Saudi cinema, are now just other tentacles of this initiative, which is likely to grow in the coming years and eventually will be normalized, as will performing at them. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025 The Abraham Accords were signed in 2020 and established normalized diplomatic relationships between Israel and Arab nations. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Some suggested that it should be normalized to offload your guns to a friend while going through a traumatic experience. Grace Byron, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025 Each age group is divided into five groups, based on AI exposure, and normalized to 1 in October 2022—roughly when popular generative AI tools became available to the public. Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalized
standardized
Verb
  • Since cybersecurity and compliance standards are uniform across all of Thomson Reuters, acquired startups are immediately standardized.
    John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Because much of contract language is repetitive and standardized, LLMs are creating an SLLF that companies can use to reduce both in-house and external legal costs.
    Matthew Sole, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Normalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalized. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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