as in to fund
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalize
Perimeter shooters went cold, finishing at the rim turned into a mystifying struggle, and the offense wasn’t able to capitalize after creating advantages behind the play by switch-hunting Doncic.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
CEOs still care about earnings as a scorecard of their performance and capitalizing internal costs of acquiring data may increase investments in tracking and using data to learn even more about the firm’s operations and financing opportunities.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
While Maryland went scoreless during that stretch, USC capitalized with its 10-0 run that turned a 52-48 deficit into a 58-52 lead with about 13 minutes left.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026
Brands and retailers are creating new partnerships in order to capitalize — Walmart is also working with OpenAI.
—Jaewon Kang, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
CEOs still care about earnings as a scorecard of their performance and capitalizing internal costs of acquiring data may increase investments in tracking and using data to learn even more about the firm’s operations and financing opportunities.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
While Maryland went scoreless during that stretch, USC capitalized with its 10-0 run that turned a 52-48 deficit into a 58-52 lead with about 13 minutes left.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026
Brands and retailers are creating new partnerships in order to capitalize — Walmart is also working with OpenAI.
—Jaewon Kang, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
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Democrats could also attempt next week to strip the DHS component from the legislation and fund the rest of the government while the ICE political fight continues to play out.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said in a statement after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 37-year-old man that Senate Democrats won't support keeping the government fully open while also funding DHS.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
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Trump vetoes a bill that would help deliver clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado communities by financing a pipeline.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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The group is planning to finance, create and sell content at the intersection of sports and culture—the very nexus Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin has sought to dominate via apparel, trading cards and sports betting.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, landlords are also marketing amenities and subsidizing tenant improvement costs.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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As Sportico has previously reported, UMass subsidized 80% of its athletics costs in the previous fiscal year, which was the highest number in all of FBS.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Capitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalize. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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