commercialize

verb

com·mer·cial·ize kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz

commercialized; commercializing

Synonyms of commercialize next

transitive verb

: to manage on a business basis for profit

: to develop commerce in

: to exploit for profit

commercialize Christmas

: to debase in quality for more profit

commercialization

kə-ˌmər-sh(ə-)lə-ˈzā-shən

noun

Examples of commercialize in a Sentence

The company hopes to commercialize the drug next year.

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Many are also offering their own interpretations of these practices and finding ways to commercialize them, giving rise to new, sometimes tense debate over the future of Indigenous culture. —

Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 But Figure isn’t the only company looking to commercialize humanoid robots. —

Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024 Beyond this, there are the biotechnology entrepreneurs trying to commercialize the fruits of academic research, supplement vendors, beauty and wellness practitioners – who are mostly just trying to make money – and activists trying to raise public attention and advocate for more aging research. —

Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Since 1990, more than 280 high-growth companies have been founded to commercialize UC Berkeley research. —

Carol Mimura, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024

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