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## normalizeString() function

Trims the string, transforms it to lower case, and removes [combining diacritical marks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_Diacritical_Marks) from it.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function normalizeString(string: string | undefined): string;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  string | string \| undefined | The string to normalize. |

**Returns:**

string

The normalized version of the string.