Thesaurus results for COMMODIFYING

commodifying

verb

present participle of commodify

as in exploiting

disapproving to treat (something that cannot be owned or that everyone has a right to) like a product that can be bought and sold Do we really want to commodify our water supply? I feel like our culture is being commodified.

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The four-piece band acts like alchemists, exploiting instruments to their full potential.

— Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
RoguePlanet, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, came to public notice in June when NightmareEclipse, the pseudonymous name used by a researcher, disclosed it along with code for exploiting it.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

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Four people represented by the ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit in May accusing the task force of abusing the law to block them from documenting officers’ actions, sometimes ordering them to stay more than 100 feet away from arrest scenes.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Two Miami-Dade church camp counselors were arrested Wednesday for allegedly abusing a 9-year-old boy by placing large orange cones over his head and repeatedly hitting him, according to the sheriff’s office.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

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This is by no means the first time that HAARP has been accused of controlling or manipulating the weather.

— Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
After Cape Fear anchors us in those assurances, the men’s enmity continues manipulating our expectations and our beliefs.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

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