as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
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.
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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
The timing might be right for Detroit to start capitalizing more from its powerful sports and entertainment culture.
—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
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
The timing might be right for Detroit to start capitalizing more from its powerful sports and entertainment culture.
—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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Rather, the strategy has been to move incrementally, probably in recognition of the fact that property taxes remain the primary tool for financing local governments.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Braun signed a bill into law in February creating a northwest Indiana stadium authority that would be in charge of financing a new stadium for the Bears in Hammond, backed by a combination of local food and beverage taxes and tax-increment-financing in the stadium area.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
26 Mar. 2026
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Officials and defense analysts have long said that the constraint is not simply funding, but structural limits in a defense industrial base designed for predictable demand rather than rapid wartime expansion.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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DeLauro was leading a petition to force a vote on paying Transportation Security Administration workers, in addition to funding all of the DHS except ICE.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Aguirre expressed support for multiple possibilities for the program, including a combination of a telehealth model, deploying mobile clinics to community health fairs and directly subsidizing medical expenses.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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The billions of additional dollars that the voucher program would require can be best spent on subsidizing development.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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