How to Use normalize in a Sentence

normalize

verb
  • The drug normalizes heart function.
  • The talks are aimed at normalizing relations between the countries.
  • It took years for the political situation in the country to normalize.
  • All of this is wearing, normalized even—and that’s a problem.
    Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In short, the supply chain disruption will take some time to normalize.
    Mike Patton, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • On the flip side, the sales & trading and investment banking revenues are expected to normalize.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 May 2022
  • But by not vocally opposing them, Netanyahu has normalized them.
    Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The question is whether this is sustainable as ticket markets begin to normalize after the tremendous rush to go see live events as the world reopened last year.
    Eric Fuller, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • Some investors say that higher interest rates ahead will normalize return expectations among investors.
    Joe Wallace, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • The main driver for the growth was a jump in ad clicks, as the economy continues to normalize and more dining and shopping establishments reopen at normal hours.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Eclectic offerings became normalized at Louis Vuitton where tweed numbers went down the runway with off-putting separates.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Now, the Fed appears determined to normalize monetary policy as fast as possible.
    Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
  • China’s bid to normalize covid prevention protocols, however, has some feeling uneasy.
    Jane Li, Quartz, 17 May 2022
  • Advocates say the containers help normalize the medication — and are evidence of steadily reducing stigma around its use.
    CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • As for glass and plastic, the trend is expected to normalize by the end of the second half of the year.
    WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The goal is to normalize the idea of asking for help and give students a place to reset.
    Jocelyn Gecker and Dylan Lovan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And normalize alone time for those that need to reboot.
    Nirosha Methananda, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2022
  • It was normalized to just do what you're told, and not ask any questions.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In the process, the movie frivolously normalizes that discourse in that very milieu.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The two countries are in talks to normalize relations, with the support of the United States.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • De León’s return to the council committees may normalize him in the eyes of the public.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
  • The European Union has overseen years of talks to normalize their ties.
    Dusan Stojanovic, ajc, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The result of these initiatives, if not the goal, may be to normalize the idea of geoengineering.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Let’s not ‘normalize’ any of what this person is doing.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Then, the scores were normalized for each factor to create a score out of 10 for each destination.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Kinnier is optimistic that prices could normalize in the near term.
    Ali Fazal, Fortune, 30 July 2022
  • Tapering the dose after the blood pressure is normalized may help reduce the risk.
    James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Democrats came to see him as someone who might normalize the party with disillusioned voters in the age of Trump.
    Marc Levy, ajc, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The brand wants to be transparent about these side effects and also normalize them in a way that obliterates any shame about the use of these products as a whole.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Isn’t giving your very young kids a taste of beer normalizing drinking way too early?
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 26 July 2023

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