normalize
verb (used with object)
to make normal.
have normalized
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present perfectof normalize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Things have normalized because the tension is somewhere else.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
“Inventories have normalized to what we would normally see coming into peak season,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
In the most basic sense, they have normalized deviance and embraced antisocial and other anti-democratic values and beliefs as a function of what psychologists have described as “malignant normality”.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2023
With increased supply, Bastian said fares now have "normalized."
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2023
It has amused me to put down with great care the few banalities which have normalized my days.
From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith
