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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No matter how much so many us love and believe in edgy comedy, a line exists between cutting satire and normalizing violence, and stay wary of anyone who tries to use the bogeyman of repression to erase it.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
When asked about keeping higher fares when fuel prices normalize, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said customers have already been willing to pay more for things like extra legroom or seats closer to the front.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Such an attempt to normalize petty crime makes Vicky Osterweil’s 2020 manifesto, In Defense of Looting, look high-minded.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
When asked about keeping higher fares when fuel prices normalize, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said customers have already been willing to pay more for things like extra legroom or seats closer to the front.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Such an attempt to normalize petty crime makes Vicky Osterweil’s 2020 manifesto, In Defense of Looting, look high-minded.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for normalize
standardize
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In 1937, the National Mah Jongg League standardized the American variant.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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Modern book transactions rely on International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs), which were developed in the late 1960s and standardized internationally in the early 1970s.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Normalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalize. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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