as in standardizes
to make agree with a single established standard or model
the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten
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The Protocol Layer Play UCP standardizes the entire transaction stack—discovery, authentication, payment, fulfillment—as a protocol layer instead of just another API endpoint.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026 -
The new guidance clarifies enforcement mechanisms, standardizes data use, and tightens legal boundaries for credit penalties.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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On the other hand, being raised by a parent who normalizes or even encourages financial misconduct could spur their children to commit white-collar crimes themselves.—
Joseph Brazel,
Forbes.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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The left fears that downplaying the duty to refuse normalizes obedience to obvious abuses.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Regularizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularizes. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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