capitalize
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His articles often show the investments private-equity firms are making to accelerate and capitalize on the shift to clean energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Consumers likely brought forward their spending to capitalize on online sales events in June, Long said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rosenblatt Securities analyst John McPeake wrote that with artificial-intelligence computing power being so scarce, he expected that CoreWeave would be able to capitalize.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Big landowners in the Permian Basin are aiming to capitalize on Nimby rebellion against AI projects around the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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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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
Jonsson’s silences always seem to say so much and in “Wasteman” he capitalizes on his reserved demeanor and smaller frame to create a character who is much less frightening than those around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Whether or not UConn now capitalizes on its comeback with a championship, the upset has already sent shock waves through college basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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 author capitalizes on the suspense of choice, characteristic of the morality play, by dramatizing it in conflicts between Vice and Virtue.
From The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) by Anonymous
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
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
Those stock dips then crossed the Pacific and fueled a stateside panic, causing even highly capitalized players like SpaceX and Oracle to plunge in value.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Mexico, however, won back their cheers when it capitalized on South Korea’s costly mistake and converted it into a goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Then he capitalized on the midday sun to maximize recharging.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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As the war has dragged on, Kyiv has expanded its own defense-technology sector, capitalizing on its expertise in drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
“The Russians are very good at capitalizing on people’s rage. And I was very angry.”
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The fake ads often offer what appear to be unbeatable deals — capitalizing on people’s desperation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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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