commercialize
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Anyone who visited Eastern Europe just after the fall of the Iron Curtain knows how quickly a destination can go from affordable and interesting to expensive and overcommercialized.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2017
They see their work, in part, as a reaction to the overcommercialized world of the galleries and the auction houses, with its ever-rising prices and billionaire buyer-traders.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 27, 2016
Critics have complained for years that Shi Yongxin has overcommercialized Shaolin through product licensing and overseas franchises, including plans for a $300 million luxury Shaolin kung fu resort and golf course in southeastern Australia.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2015
"We made a conscious decision not to be too aggressive about product placement because we don't want viewers to feel the show is overcommercialized," says Tortorici.
From Time Magazine Archive
Is it that terror and the media were implicated in some interconnected, overcommercialized Heisenberg effect?
From Time Magazine Archive
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