normalize
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“Today’s announcement reflects the consequences of this exercise with the objective to normalize the group’s performance from next fiscal year,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“I won’t normalize somebody who said my childhood is just something I’m complaining about,” Acton said in a Tuesday appearance on Spectrum News.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
HPE’s server and storage business has also benefited from higher average selling prices for memory components, Long said, so he expects less upside going forward for the stock as those costs normalize.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Yes, it’s so valuable to teach our children to normalize repair and accountability, and to make it not such a massive deal to apologize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I must point out that the move I have taken provides you with the opportunity to overcome the current deadlock, and to normalize the country’s political situation. I hope you will seize it without delay.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Beyond the immediate security risk to worshipers, this rhetoric also promotes radicalization and normalizes the targeting of religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Most experts are working with the assumption that it will still take several weeks, if not months, before Middle Eastern production normalizes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Our biggest call…on the assumption of an unrestricted Hormuz, is that the oil market normalizes far quicker than consensus expects,” Macquarie strategist Peter Taylor wrote in a research note.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
“It normalizes the use of AI replicas and synthetic performers rather than drawing a firm line protecting human performers and their jobs,” said Chuck Slavin, a background actor and performer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Nichols normalizes the text, spells out several names in full, and adds several unimportant notes.
From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by J. V. (Joseph V.) Guerinot
But he said he thinks expectations have now normalized after the miss in the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
But we’ve allowed him to become normalized in a way.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
"We feel abandoned, and we believe this march is a way to express that, despite the passage of time, we have not normalized the violence and we want peace."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The analyst notes the “massive tariff burden,” which contracted normalized Ebitda to C$139 million, but above an expected C$97 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was a breathtaking moment, for in one sweeping action he had virtually normalized the situation in South Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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By the end, he managed to orchestrate the Abraham Accords, an agreement normalizing diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Israel.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
But to avoid feeling complicit or like we’re normalizing something we know to be harmful, there are discussions to be had—amongst ourselves at least.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Despite the potential blockade to come, analysts at Citigroup maintain a diplomatic solution nearing soon with flows through the Strait of Hormuz normalizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Allianz Research believes that the peak in inflation “should already be behind us,” with oil flows normalizing and crude oil prices even falling back below prewar levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“It’s not normalizing anything if everyone just pretends they don't see it or that the tampons don't exist.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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