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capitalize

[kap-i-tl-ahyz] / ˈkæp ɪ tlˌaɪz /


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And in my next issue of Let’s Analyze, I’ll break down the leveraged Treasury trade I just added to my own portfolio to capitalize if yields continue falling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the event, Microsoft touted its Surface laptop, which runs on Nvidia systems and shows how the company is seeking to capitalize on AI beyond software and the cloud.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Army is also in the throes of upgrading battlefield connectivity and communications, steps that are key to being able to fully capitalize on next-generation weaponry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

Unlike most Americans, however, Holmes sought also to capitalize on the craze by buying bicycles on credit, then reselling them without ever paying off the initial purchase.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The latest transaction is designed to “accelerate capability development and time to market while ensuring Boeing capitalizes on its investments in these technologies over the past two decades,” Brian Yutko, a Boeing vice president, said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

The move also capitalizes on the market opportunity presented by domestic migration.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2025

Personal Names—Capitalization: The Factbook capitalizes the surname or family name of individuals for the convenience of our users who are faced with a world of different cultures and naming conventions.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

But if “The PTL Club” capitalized on the wealthier-the-better ethos of the 1980s, Bakker’s new show was filled with post-9/11 darkness and apocalyptic visions of what was to come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The 49ers capitalized, marching 99 yards in 11 plays, with Purdy capping the drive on a 15-yard touchdown pass to Deebo Samuel for a 24-7 lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The shares have jumped more than 156% so far in 2026 as the company has capitalized on the AI boom.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

But it was capitalized primarily by private investors, and it was established to facilitate private as well as public business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“It was fifteen thousand for a first-class ticket, but I’m sufficiently capitalized to indulge such whims. And the drinks are free on the flight. If you’re ambitious, you can almost break even.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

The committee said many business units attempted to meet their performance targets by early recognition of sales, avoiding inventory valuation losses and impairment of fixed assets, changing asset valuation methods and capitalizing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

And capitalizing on diversity is perhaps even more important when it comes to the characters of the oarsmen.

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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