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Recent Examples of capitalize With the end zone suddenly near, the Minutemen capitalized. Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025 Quarterback Brennan Barton capitalized with a one yard rushing score. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025 Webull has clearly capitalized, quickly growing from a niche market data platform to the #2 mobile-first brokerage in the US. 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 See All Example Sentences for capitalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalize
Verb
  • These rewards are also funded by the fees that credit card companies charge merchants every time any customer pays with a card.
    Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Countries offer this route to quickly fund public projects and drive national development through immediate revenue.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For investors, policymakers, and business leaders, the time has come to seize the momentum, champion innovation, and finance the blue transition.
    Olivier Wenden, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • India’s new anti-betting law poses serious punishments for offenders, including potential prison terms for people who facilitate, promote or finance for-money online gaming.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its politics tend to be a battle between center-left and progressive factions, subsidized by the stratospheric wealth of policy-shaping tech and real-estate billionaires.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In that scenario, California would be subsidizing productions that would’ve opted to shoot in the state regardless.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Capitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalize. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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