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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The series was midway through shooting its Season 1 in 1993 when Cannon TV, the company that was originally deficit financing the Chuck Norris action drama, ran out of funds and shut down production.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Arnel Belizaire, a member of Haiti's parliament, was arrested on charges including financing terrorism and conspiracy against state security after evading national police for two months, authorities said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The upper chamber is expected to vote again today on funding the Department of Homeland Security, as this partial government shutdown ties with the 2018-19 lapse for the second-longest ever, at 35 days.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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These included funding more rigorous trials for therapies and improving communication devices.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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In effect, Denver may now be subsidizing fire service in both cities.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Then-President Joe Biden successfully persuaded Congress in 2021 to pass $39 billion in aid for child care, allowing states to offer support to more families and subsidizing wages for child care workers.—
Moriah Balingit,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Capitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalizing. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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