commercialized

verb

past tense of commercialize
as in commodified

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  1. used
  2. exploited
  3. leveraged
  4. milked
Verb
  • According to the Financial Times, the Wall Street bank boss used the conversation to lobby the British government against creating a more hostile tax environment for banks.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But Roman says that in cross-examination, the defense used the same searches to highlight their argument that Clancy was overmedicated, failed by the medical system, and experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of used
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  • Today, cloud security provider Wiz published a research blog claiming that Wiz Red Agent had autonomously discovered and exploited a GitHub Actions vulnerability in one of Snowflake’s public repositories.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • What’s being exploited and misdirected is men’s search for belonging and for economic security.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploited
Verb
  • Over the last four years, the Clark County Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of police and the FBI, has leveraged several types of technology trying to crack the cold case.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • At that time, the German Green Party leveraged a power-sharing arrangement to demand subsidies for rooftop solar, says climate writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of leveraged
Verb
  • If so, why did the club get milked for nigh-on £10million to buy Jaissle out of his Al Ahli contract?
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In a slower season, something like Luke’s departure would have been milked for at least a whole episode, if not more.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Definition of milked
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