commercialize
verb
com·mer·cial·ize
kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz 
commercialized; commercializing
1
a
: to manage on a business basis for profit
b
: to develop commerce in
2
: to exploit for profit
commercialize Christmas
3
: to debase in quality for more profit
Examples of commercialize in a Sentence
The company hopes to commercialize the drug next year.
Recent Examples on the Web
In February, Microsoft announced a multi-year, $16.3 million partnership with Mistral focused on commercializing its flagship models and scaling up its AI development and deployment.
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Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Quantum computing and world-class U.S. research universities have grown hand in hand, fostered by a policy environment that encourages scientists and entrepreneurs to commercialize academic research.
—Jungsang Kim, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
This being America, posture panic was swiftly commercialized, with a range of products marketed to appeal to the eighty per cent of the population whose carriage had been deemed inadequate by posture surveys.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
At first, the innovation didn’t spread outside of Germany because of World War II.
Nor was 3M the first company to popularize magnetic media— that was Ampex, which commercialized the tape recorder in the late 1940s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Tarnishing of Easter Today, however, this glorious day has been tarnished and commercialized so much so, that the story of Jesus’ resurrection has become second place to the story of the Easter bunny carrying a basket filled with goodies.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
The model was commercialized in 2019 and is now part of Samsung’s Galaxy phone.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2024
And dozens of companies around the world are developing and commercializing new tools to measure aging at different levels and new technologies, drugs and supplements to slow it down or even reverse it.
—Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
China’s leading telecom equipment maker seized on an obscure advance by Turkish IT researcher Erdal Arıkan, investing its efforts almost exclusively in commercializing his polar code breakthrough.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 28 Mar. 2024
Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Quantum computing and world-class U.S. research universities have grown hand in hand, fostered by a policy environment that encourages scientists and entrepreneurs to commercialize academic research.
—Jungsang Kim, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
This being America, posture panic was swiftly commercialized, with a range of products marketed to appeal to the eighty per cent of the population whose carriage had been deemed inadequate by posture surveys.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
At first, the innovation didn’t spread outside of Germany because of World War II.
Nor was 3M the first company to popularize magnetic media— that was Ampex, which commercialized the tape recorder in the late 1940s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Tarnishing of Easter Today, however, this glorious day has been tarnished and commercialized so much so, that the story of Jesus’ resurrection has become second place to the story of the Easter bunny carrying a basket filled with goodies.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
The model was commercialized in 2019 and is now part of Samsung’s Galaxy phone.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2024
And dozens of companies around the world are developing and commercializing new tools to measure aging at different levels and new technologies, drugs and supplements to slow it down or even reverse it.
—Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
China’s leading telecom equipment maker seized on an obscure advance by Turkish IT researcher Erdal Arıkan, investing its efforts almost exclusively in commercializing his polar code breakthrough.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercialize. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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commercialize
verb
com·mer·cial·ize
kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz
commercialized; commercializing
1
: to manage for the sake of making a profit
2
: to use for profit
commercialize Christmas
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