Examples of “normalize” in a Sentence

verb To make something normal, matching it to an accepted standard.

• There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms.

verb To treat something as normal, even though older standards saw it differently.

• Whether or not the Trump administration moves ahead, officials and observers say the proposal has normalized the forcible transfer of Palestinians – classified as “ethnic cleansing” and a “war crime” by the United Nations. — Taylor Luck, How Trump’s proposed plan for Gaza has united an outraged Arab world (2025)

verb To put something into a standard, consistent format.

• We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.