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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def normalize(self, text, cleaned=False, **kwargs):
 """Create a represenation ideal for comparisons, but not to be shown to the user."""

        if not cleaned:
            text = self.clean(text, **kwargs)
        return ensure_list(text)