capitalize
Example Sentences
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We all have our regular lives, we do what we do to make our money, but we’re not trying to capitalize on punk rock or think we’re gonna be rich and famous off this.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
There’s precedent for companies to attempt dramatic — or desperate —pivots in an attempt to capitalize on hot trends.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Few, if any, miss the chance to capitalize the genus in their reply.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
“Many of them have been able to capitalize on the stock- and housing-market gains of recent years, and as a group, they appear to be in a relatively good place, financially speaking,” Kent said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Ulbrickson had swapped a senior, Wink Winslow, for George Morry, as coxswain, to capitalize on Winslow’s greater experience with river rowing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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