normalizing

present participle of normalize

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Recent Examples of normalizing The impasse leaves Washington treating its naval presence as a permanent fixture guaranteeing access, while Tehran treats that same presence as the primary obstacle to normalizing traffic. Chloe Taylor,anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 Flight operations are normalizing as weather clears on Tuesday. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026 Younger generations are normalizing aid use, fostering earlier adoption and career longevity. Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Moving Instagram to a bigger screen, then, is usually a route not to normalizing it in that new space but instead to severing ties with it altogether. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026 Originally developed for use in hospitals, the band releases a specific pattern of pulses to your wrist, normalizing the nerve messaging from the brain to the stomach to essentially tell the brain to turn off feelings of nausea and vomiting. ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Both administrations dangled a nuclear cooperation agreement as a key incentive to Saudi Arabia in return for normalizing ties with Israel. Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 The market has already been moving in that direction, with inventory levels gradually normalizing. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalizing
standardizing
Verb
  • Modular’s cost claims in comparison to CUDA need independent validation, and smart buyers will pilot real workloads on at least two kinds of hardware and measure cost, speed and engineering effort before standardizing on anything.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Linux Foundation’s Tokenomics Foundation—focused on standardizing how companies measure and manage AI token costs and connect them to business value—officially launches today, backed by about 30 initial members.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Normalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalizing. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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