commercialized

past tense of commercialize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercialized
Verb
  • The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.
    Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • Now a national historic landmark, Iolani Palace has been restored to its former glory after almost 80 years of being used as a government building.
    Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Almost 90 percent of global marine fish stocks are fully exploited or overfished.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • They can be stolen, reused and exploited.
    Art Gilliland, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • There are limitations to the findings, but Theocheung believes they can be addressed when the current technology is leveraged appropriately.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Again, consider events in Iran, where press reports suggest that Iran leveraged Chinese commercial companies’ satellite imagery to effectively target US military facilities throughout the Gulf.
    Michael P. Dempsey, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • As part of the annual rookie luncheon, the American Dairy Association — which also supplies the traditional winner’s bottle of milk for post-race celebration consumption — brings a cow to be milked by the debutants.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • But elsewhere, the film’s sporadic, accidental humor comes to its rescue — a scene involving a cow that clearly doesn’t want to be milked especially comes to mind.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 May 2026
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“Commercialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercialized. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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