as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
And seeing their dad capitalizing off this situation makes my heart break for all the people that have been sending money.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
But capitalizing from one in back-to-back matches is unprecedented.
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Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Getting lucky and capitalizing.
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George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
The league, meanwhile, capitalizing perhaps on a newfound cultural footprint in the United States stemming from the Olympics, appears to be having a moment.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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
With the midterms approaching, certain primaries have reflected broader debates about whether the Party might consider cursing more, capitalizing tweets, going Dark Woke.
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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.
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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.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
But capitalizing from one in back-to-back matches is unprecedented.
—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Getting lucky and capitalizing.
—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
The league, meanwhile, capitalizing perhaps on a newfound cultural footprint in the United States stemming from the Olympics, appears to be having a moment.
—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
That sort of inning has led to them capitalizing later against starters in some games.
—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing
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And the last, and most complex, are the regional powers financing the fighting, middle-power actors like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iran spending huge sums to back insurgent groups while carrying out strategic military strikes in pursuit of resources and political power.
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Logical Pictures Group are financing the film, and co-rep international sales alongside Protagonist Pictures.
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Venture capital spent years funding the furniture.
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Data center tax benefits have been substantial, with Maiden seeing its tax rate drop from 40 cents to 38 cents, while funding a community center, town hall and emergency services, Millar previously said.
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Mark Cohen observed that law firms have long depended upon clients subsidizing the development of young lawyers through billable work and that AI challenges both the economics and developmental logic of that arrangement.
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If a new owner would be willing, should the taxpayers of Anaheim consider subsidizing the name?
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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