as in to fund
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalize
On the Flames’ fourth goal, Jones’ skating put him in a terrible position and the Flames capitalized again.
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the Knicks capitalized, sinking 18 threes on 41 attempts, largely due to the gravity Brunson created on a hot scoring night.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
The Sabres recovered the loose puck, and Benson capitalized with a wraparound goal after four seconds passed on the clock.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The company has capitalized $73,400,000 in in-process research and development related to LYMPHIR, which will be amortized over 12 years upon revenue generation.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2024
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the Knicks capitalized, sinking 18 threes on 41 attempts, largely due to the gravity Brunson created on a hot scoring night.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
The Sabres recovered the loose puck, and Benson capitalized with a wraparound goal after four seconds passed on the clock.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The company has capitalized $73,400,000 in in-process research and development related to LYMPHIR, which will be amortized over 12 years upon revenue generation.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2024
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The governor is also asking lawmakers to transfer $350 million from the state’s coffers to fund the program’s services, according to the draft proposal published by the governor’s office.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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Money from Bloomberg and other unspecified U.S. climate donors will help fund the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which runs annual global climate negotiations and tracks countries’ greenhouse gas emissions.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2025
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His primarily skill as a dealmaker was financing European co-productions in both scripted and unscripted.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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In turn this put Netflix in the spotlight and spurred it to develop its own slate of movies. Called Netflix Originals, they are generally produced, financed and exclusively distributed by the platform.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
25 Jan. 2025
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Of course, the United States doesn’t spend a dollar to subsidize Canada.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2025
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In addition, Trump claims the U.S. has subsidized Canada to the tune of $200 billion annually.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Capitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalize. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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