def METHOD_NAME(logger, curie: str, available_curies_dict: dict):
    normalized_result = nodesynonymizer.get_canonical_curies(curie)[curie]
    if normalized_result:
        curie = normalized_result['preferred_curie']
    else:
        curie = curie
    if curie in available_curies_dict:
        return [True, curie]
    else:
        return [False, None]