as in standardizing
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 normalizing
Both right and left are normalizing violence against politicians.
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 2 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
Spending activity in these areas surged in 2020 and 2021, while PPP was active, before quickly normalizing by 2022, months after the program had stopped taking applications.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The Abraham Accords are a series of deals normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors, including Bahrain and the UAE.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
The community said no type of hate is acceptable, and normalizing a crime like the shooting that killed three men in Southern California is essentially a guarantee that a similar crime will happen again.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 19 May 2026
How the Conversation Around Menopause Is Changing Obama also described how her husband, former President Barack Obama, became familiar with menopause through the women in his administration — a small but telling sign of how normalizing the topic in everyday spaces can make a difference.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Israeli leaders have made occasional visits to the UAE in recent years after normalizing relations.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
Israeli leaders have made occasional visits to the UAE in recent years after normalizing relations.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 2 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
Spending activity in these areas surged in 2020 and 2021, while PPP was active, before quickly normalizing by 2022, months after the program had stopped taking applications.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The Abraham Accords are a series of deals normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors, including Bahrain and the UAE.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
The community said no type of hate is acceptable, and normalizing a crime like the shooting that killed three men in Southern California is essentially a guarantee that a similar crime will happen again.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 19 May 2026
How the Conversation Around Menopause Is Changing Obama also described how her husband, former President Barack Obama, became familiar with menopause through the women in his administration — a small but telling sign of how normalizing the topic in everyday spaces can make a difference.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Israeli leaders have made occasional visits to the UAE in recent years after normalizing relations.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
Israeli leaders have made occasional visits to the UAE in recent years after normalizing relations.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalizing
standardizing
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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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That includes standardizing how infrastructure is defined, reducing variation across environments and ensuring that policies are enforced as part of how systems operate rather than as an afterthought.—
Matthew Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Normalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalizing. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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