investing (in)

present participle of invest (in)

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Verb
  • Tom Holland and Zendaya made promoting their new movie look like a casual date moment.
    Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • The push is being led by tech giant Huawei through the Ultra HD Video Alliance, which is promoting its own HDR Vivid standard as an alternative to the Digital Cinema Initiatives certification framework that has governed cinema projection globally for decades.
    Marcus Lim, Variety, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Mercedes-Benz has been sponsoring the Masters for almost 20 years; the 140-year-old automaker came on as an inaugural sponsor of ANWA seven years ago.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • While the ruling was a win for death penalty opponents fighting against the use of nitrogen gas, the court stopped short of granting Lee a stay of execution or attempting to banish the method altogether.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Judge Nicole Hopps last month increased his minimum term of incarceration to 60 years after granting his request to correct the erroneous sentence.
    Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Those connections helped win him backing from major unions, but still couldn’t rival Becerra’s extensive resume serving in Congress, attorney general and in former President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
  • One of the people blaming China is billionaire investor Kevin O’Leary, who is backing a $100 billion data center project in Utah.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • The two sides agreed to a ceasefire on April 7, but Tehran continued to maintain a chokehold in the Strait of Hormuz, using it as leverage in negotiations and contributing to supply disruptions.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • MacBeth later testified, helping authorities expose the scheme and contributing to a wave of arrests that revealed just how aggressively gambling interests were targeting college athletes at the time.
    David Mica, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • In June, Chevron made headlines by donating $500,000 to a Super PAC supporting Becerra.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Two proposals around donating equity stakes While there is some crossover, the two proposals on the table are very different things.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • As is traditional at tattoo conventions, each day of the Capitol City Classic wraps up with a tattoo competition, with judges awarding prizes to artwork in various styles.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
  • Tesla relocated to Texas from California and last year won an appeal allowing Musk to keep his original pay package, while also awarding him a new deal worth as much as $1 trillion if the company meets certain targets.
    Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
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“Investing (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investing%20%28in%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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