as in uses
to take unfair advantage of
capitalized on her coworker's absence to take full credit for the joint project
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizes (on)
Verb
-
IndyStar uses discretion in naming people accused of crimes, considering the severity of charges and available information, among other factors.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Interactive Brokers already uses Zerohash for crypto trading and custody and will launch a stablecoin product with the firm, Woodford said.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
On Tuesday, Lipa took to her Instagram to directly shut down the Mail’s reporting and tut-tut the article’s style and voice while dismissing it as mere clickbait that exploits a tragedy.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
-
My Pafology, later retitled Fuck, a book that exploits nearly every Black stereotype.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Although not called a wheel tax, Seattle leverages a $50 Seattle Transportation Benefit District vehicle license fee to improve its transportation infrastructure.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
-
The policy leverages the fact that many reporters who cover the US military have press credentials that allow physical access to the Pentagon complex.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
The algorithm manipulates users, but primarily with the goal of keeping them on the platform and seeing more advertisements.—
David Karpf,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
-
The patch was created by combining nanophotonics technology, which manipulates light at the nanometer scale (one-hundred-thousandth the thickness of a human hair) to read molecular properties, with microfluidics technology, which precisely controls sweat in channels thinner than a hair.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Capitalizes (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizes%20%28on%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share