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capitalizing

verb as in benefit from situation

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The Sparks led for nearly the entire game, capitalizing on 10 three-pointers, 12 steals and six players scoring in double digits.

Instead of capitalizing upon a weak spot in the schedule, they will return home with a 1-5 record against two last-place teams, having again reverted back to their $400 million roster’s most frustrating form.

With a new gap in the airline industry, competitors such as United Airlines and Frontier Airlines have already announced additional flights and routes aimed at capitalizing on Spirit’s fallout.

Like the show it criticizes, it is an exercise in rubbernecking, capitalizing on the contestants’ anguish and suffering instead of offering healthy media analysis in hindsight as medicine.

From Salon

In recent weeks, the problem has been more about capitalizing upon them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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