capitalize
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The upstarts are now considering raising capital from friends or family investors, or traditional Wall Street firms, to capitalize on the boom in trading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The company, which is backed by Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has been expanding its business to capitalize on rising demand for outside-China supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Now, it’s their job to capitalize on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
With “To Catch a Predator” already a hit, NBC execs decide to move the show to a primetime slot to capitalize on its success.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
“When he defends his title in 1975,” Rader added, “he’ll be much better able to capitalize financially.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Mitch Marner scores three goals as Vegas capitalizes on three first-period goals and holds off a late Ducks surge to take a 6-2 win and a 2-1 series lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
A BNP Paribas analyst thinks Lumentum’s stock can climb another 40% as it ramps production capacity for ultrahigh-powered lasers and capitalizes on AI-driven demand for its products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Borges expects Azure to drive revenue estimates higher in 2026 as it capitalizes on a “fungible” capacity, meaning that its data centers can be easily utilized for a variety of different workloads and customers.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
The one-minute spot cleverly capitalizes on the zeitgeist’s knowledge of Paltrow’s relationship to Martin and uses that joke to spin the conversation in another direction, highlighting the Astronomer product’s actual function.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
It should carry a force of anticipation that capitalizes on that great mover to action—curiosity.
From Principles of Teaching by Adam S. Bennion
Today, European stocks are a higher-quality, better capitalized version than they were before the 2008 global financial crisis, with partial exposure to the AI/data-center supercycle, accelerating fiscal spending and global orientation, they declare.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Last year it was Belgium’s Wout van Aert, who capitalized on Pogacar’s weariness to take the last stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old Democratic socialist, capitalized on the state’s leftward turn and voter dissatisfaction with incumbents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The Spanish team capitalized on its opponent’s defensive misalignments, found depth down the wings and consistently exposed the Austrians’ defensive weaknesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
And though it’s often seen with a small initial r, it’s supposed to be capitalized as a registered service mark owned by the National Association of Realtors.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Now, the biggest auto-repair chain in the country, with some 4,400 stores spanning nearly every state, Mavis is capitalizing on a booming market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
As for ON Semiconductor, he noted that the company is capitalizing on improving demand for the chips specific to the industrial and automotive sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Toyota, meanwhile, is pumping out a string of new models, capitalizing on surging demand for hybrids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many of the offers centered on capitalizing on their family names and pigeonholing them into commercial pop or hip-hop, which they tried and ultimately disliked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Albus asked his parents immediately, capitalizing on the momentary absence of his brother.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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