as in financing
to provide money for
several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture
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Recent Examples of capitalizing
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.
—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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing
Verb
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Under the current arrangement, Core Power is financing the initial exploratory work.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
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Entergy is financing Cypress Solar through a Generating Arkansas Jobs Act Rider.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Much of that growth has flowed into the same infrastructure debt funding the AI build-out, the data-centre bonds and private credit that carry investment-grade ratings and pay more than ordinary corporate paper.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Vice President Vance told CNN that this means Iran will stop funding proxy forces and destabilizing the region; Tehran might well interpret that differently.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Verb
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If a new owner would be willing, should the taxpayers of Anaheim consider subsidizing the name?—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The most likely projects in the near term are oil and gas pipelines, which have the shortest construction timeline, and subsidizing repairs at Gulf facilities that Tehran targeted during the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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