as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
Anaheim has been the team that is capitalizing in the series.
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Chris Johnston, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
With the midterms approaching, certain primaries have reflected broader debates about whether the Party might consider cursing more, capitalizing tweets, going Dark Woke.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Memes, gossip, the latest celebrity beef — the business of being in the know is more lucrative than ever before, and the film industry is capitalizing.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
The plan remains capitalizing upon the festival as a launchpad for stickiness, and catapulting movies from cult to mainstream status.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
Regardless, Corgan doesn’t have much to complain about these days, since the Smashing Pumpkins have been capitalizing well on Nineties nostalgia.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 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
But playing against a lifeless Charlotte offense, the Green Wave had time to figure it out, capitalizing with three first-half touchdown drives — all ending with one-yard plunges to find pay-dirt.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Nov. 2025
The Broncos would end up capitalizing with a field goal to take a 10-7 lead.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Chris Johnston, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
With the midterms approaching, certain primaries have reflected broader debates about whether the Party might consider cursing more, capitalizing tweets, going Dark Woke.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Memes, gossip, the latest celebrity beef — the business of being in the know is more lucrative than ever before, and the film industry is capitalizing.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
The plan remains capitalizing upon the festival as a launchpad for stickiness, and catapulting movies from cult to mainstream status.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
Regardless, Corgan doesn’t have much to complain about these days, since the Smashing Pumpkins have been capitalizing well on Nineties nostalgia.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 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
But playing against a lifeless Charlotte offense, the Green Wave had time to figure it out, capitalizing with three first-half touchdown drives — all ending with one-yard plunges to find pay-dirt.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Nov. 2025
The Broncos would end up capitalizing with a field goal to take a 10-7 lead.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing
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When a bill to pour billions into financing Israel’s military came across Congressman Kweisi Mfume’s desk, Israel’s military offensive in Gaza had claimed a death toll of over 70,000 people, as reported by local health authorities and acknowledged as broadly accurate by the Israeli military.—
Mark Conway,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2026
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The profits from these amateur community shows funded the very infrastructure of Jim Crow America, from paving streets, financing university buildings, and building the hospitals and schools that Black citizens were systematically excluded from using.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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The open letter comes as EU Member states are discussing plans to combine funding for culture, media and civil society into a single pot.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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After Sol the Trophy Tomato gained a following on social media, fans created a meme coin that now has a market value of $1 million and is funding DeVido’s effort to build out an autonomous farming system controlled by AI that could be used to grow food at scale.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
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In recent years, Cuba’s government has talked about subsidizing people in need instead of goods.—
Danica Coto,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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China has been directly subsidizing its green industries to dominate those in Europe and the US (above and beyond the kinds of consumer-facing incentives that the EU and, until recently, the US, also provide).—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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