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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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Risky decisions can became routine at any workplace, she suggests, labeling this effect the “normalization of deviance.”

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Some of it is impressively creative: F-35s for Saudi Arabia, almost a trillion dollars in investment in the U.S. and a chance for Middle East normalization.

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Thus was born, in time, the Abraham Accords, an economic and diplomatic normalization treaty involving Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Sudan and, most recently, Kazakhstan.

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“What changes the balance of power in the Middle East is normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia,” Hulata said.

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Renewed layoff activity may simply reflect a normalization of the labor market, whereby hiring may pick up to offset job losses.

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