as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
That sort of inning has led to them capitalizing later against starters in some games.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Anaheim has been the team that is capitalizing in the series.
—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
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Anaheim has been the team that is capitalizing in the series.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing
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Last night, Deadline told you that Mubi is financing Nicolas Winding Refn’s next directorial, his long-in-the-works, Maniac Cop.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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Some are pressing utilities to completely change their model for financing major system upgrades.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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The small private research university would no longer be funding its retirement plan and 43 staff members would lose their jobs.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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But experts note that the cutoff of US funding to WHO prompted staff reductions at the global organization, and no other donor country has filled those WHO funding gaps.—
Jennifer Hansler,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
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Democrats are for subsidizing childcare for working parents as well as providing food and housing assistance for low-income Americans.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 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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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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