as in to fund
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalize
Webull has clearly capitalized, quickly growing from a niche market data platform to the #2 mobile-first brokerage in the US.
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Given the emphasis on an active playing field, things can quickly become hectic when trying to position yourself and the Pokémon properly, while also correctly timing the right attacks to capitalize.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The Chargers capitalized and nailed a field goal to end the game.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Governor’s continued to have its drives stall, and Tabor would capitalize each time.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Given the emphasis on an active playing field, things can quickly become hectic when trying to position yourself and the Pokémon properly, while also correctly timing the right attacks to capitalize.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The Chargers capitalized and nailed a field goal to end the game.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Governor’s continued to have its drives stall, and Tabor would capitalize each time.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalize
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With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Among the group's priorities is funding the coalition's affordable housing trust fund, which was created to provide homes for households with an annual income of less than $30,000.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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The film is financed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT, and the Belgian tax shelter (in cooperation with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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The organization Fifty for the Future is donating $25,000 to a fundraising campaign meant to finance improvements to Little Rock Fire Department stations and the purchase of basic items for firefighters' living spaces, officials announced Monday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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Pharmaceutical companies have been wary of even minor concessions, insisting that the high prices paid by Americans subsidize the huge sums that go into researching and developing new drugs.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their insurance would remain heavily subsidized, just at the lower level established by the original Affordable Care Act legislation.—
Margot Sanger-Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Capitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalize. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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