as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
The timing might be right for Detroit to start capitalizing more from its powerful sports and entertainment culture.
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Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In addition to capitalizing falsely on the product’s IP, the dupe market doesn’t comply with product safety standards.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In addition to capitalizing falsely on the product’s IP, the dupe market doesn’t comply with product safety standards.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing
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Constantin Film is producing and co-financing the film.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Getting a government guarantee can persuade banks to loan money to new business ventures, even though financing them involves a degree of risk, Oetken said.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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States step in and donations for some relief Several states have taken it into their own hands to see to it that their parks remain open during the federal funding spat, either directly funding the sites themselves or collecting third-party relief to help keep the doors open.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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Only once Congress passes funding to resume agencies’ normal operations, workers should be able to return to work and get paid as usual.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy had been clear, USDOT said, that subsidizing projects that have DEI programs in place was a waste of taxpayer resources.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But the majority went by plane, subsidizing their trip by selling their homes, sometimes at punitively low prices.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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