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normalization

British  
/ ˌnɔːməlaɪˈzeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of normalizing

  2. 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

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“This is part of the normalization of the housing market,” Brad Case, chief residential economist at Homes.com, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

The U.A.E. is also the most prominent signatory of the Abraham Accords—a series of U.S.-backed normalization deals between Israel and Muslim-majority countries.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The open question now, given the guidance, is whether the rate normalization cycle starts with a 25 or a 50 basis points” cut, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Looking farther out … prices are far more moderate and reflect a normalization of prices — still higher than they were a week ago, but not to the scale of the front month.”

From MarketWatch

These developments, coupled with gradual monetary-policy normalization, make it easier than it has been in decades to imagine Japan one day functioning as a normal economy.

From The Wall Street Journal