capitalizing

Example Sentences

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Overview Energy, based in northern Virginia, is capitalizing on the idea that the sun never sets in space.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

The Iranian Lego team, as they refer to themselves, is a small group that has found broad appeal by capitalizing on Millennial and Gen Z nostalgia for a toy central to their upbringings.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

People familiar with the mediation efforts, and political experts, credit Munir with securing the talks, capitalizing on his warm ties with Trump and U.S. military officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

For 250 years, it hasn’t been Archimedes in a bathtub, but tinkerers in workshops and scientists in labs, embracing—and capitalizing on—their blunders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

A reasonable estimate of the additional costs for capitalizing a gradual emancipation program would have increased the national debt to about $125 million.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis