as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
At the Big Ten office, capitalizing means reshaping the league’s inventory and creating special events that place its best programs, environments and star athletes into key television windows.
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Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
And seeing their dad capitalizing off this situation makes my heart break for all the people that have been sending money.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
But capitalizing from one in back-to-back matches is unprecedented.
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Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Getting lucky and capitalizing.
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George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
That sort of inning has led to them capitalizing later against starters in some games.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
With the midterms approaching, certain primaries have reflected broader debates about whether the Party might consider cursing more, capitalizing tweets, going Dark Woke.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Memes, gossip, the latest celebrity beef — the business of being in the know is more lucrative than ever before, and the film industry is capitalizing.
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Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
The plan remains capitalizing upon the festival as a launchpad for stickiness, and catapulting movies from cult to mainstream status.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
And seeing their dad capitalizing off this situation makes my heart break for all the people that have been sending money.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
But capitalizing from one in back-to-back matches is unprecedented.
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Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Getting lucky and capitalizing.
—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
That sort of inning has led to them capitalizing later against starters in some games.
—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
With the midterms approaching, certain primaries have reflected broader debates about whether the Party might consider cursing more, capitalizing tweets, going Dark Woke.
—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Memes, gossip, the latest celebrity beef — the business of being in the know is more lucrative than ever before, and the film industry is capitalizing.
—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
The plan remains capitalizing upon the festival as a launchpad for stickiness, and catapulting movies from cult to mainstream status.
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing
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ByteDance began hiring for 100 open roles, signed multiple independent filmmakers and artists and held private conversations about financing AI films.
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Leading automakers integrate accessories into the vehicle's engineering, installing them at the port and financing them with the car.
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More Freedom 250 controversy Freedom 250 has been the focus of other controversy over funding transparency and religious representations.
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The report accuses the group of funding its programming through opaque and questionable avenues, including soliciting foreign funds, misleading donors and selling access to the president.
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That’s because Medicare, rather than the Part D insurer, is subsidizing the prescription.
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Mark Cohen observed that law firms have long depended upon clients subsidizing the development of young lawyers through billable work and that AI challenges both the economics and developmental logic of that arrangement.
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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