normalization
Britishnoun
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the act or process of normalizing
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social welfare the policy of offering mentally or physically handicapped people patterns, conditions, and experiences of everyday life as close as possible to those of nonhandicapped people, by not segregating them physically, socially, and administratively from the rest of society
Example Sentences
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“Reopening the Strait would set off a rapid but uneven normalization, with financial prices adjusting far faster than physical flows,” Kaneva said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
In his parliamentary testimony, Ueda indicated that a steady policy normalization would ultimately help anchor the market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Worse than normalization; we have descended into numbness.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
The data suggest that recent productivity gains weren’t AI-driven, but merely reflected a normalization of worker productivity.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
“You help me with this new normalization campaign, and I’ll help you with that paper you almost failed.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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