How to Use securitize in a Sentence

securitize

verb
  • Sun King takes that recurring flow of tiny payments and securitizes it as bonds.
    — Don Steinberg, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The reserves may also be used to securitize borrowing by the government.
    — Ray Ndlovu, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Instead, Duke is putting together a deal to securitize the costs, issuing a bond that would be paid back over 10 years.
    — Mark Chediak, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2020
  • Texas lawmakers approved a law that year allowing the costs to be securitized, so the utilities could spread them out over time and ease the financial burden on customers.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Other elements of the bill that were supposed to save customers money, such as allowing the utilities to securitize storm costs, have yet to take effect.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
  • In the closing hours of the session, the legislature enacted a law to allow the electric utilities to securitize or bond storm damage costs.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
  • In other words, lockdown policies meant to reduce the spread of the deadly virus were also an opportunity for the state to control and securitize public space.
    — JSTOR Daily, 14 Nov. 2025
  • All eligible borrowers will also be holders of private student loans since these loans were securitized and managed by the trust entities.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Borghi pushed back against Draghi, saying that mini-BOTs would just securitize already existing debt.
    — Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • In Wisconsin, utilities can securitize only the cost of pollution control equipment on power plants, though few utilities have used it.
    — Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Banks can choose which mortgages to securitize and sell, but Fannie and Freddie are essentially required to buy any mortgages that meet certain criteria.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • According to Charania, Dinwiddie's plan is to start his own company to securitize his deal as a digital token.
    — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But music had a history of monetizing cash flows, securitizing assets, and being predictable, like annuities.
    — Kristin Westcott Grant, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Those include allowing utilities to securitize costs related to storm damage and the roll out of advanced metering technology.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The division also provides financing to clients who want to buy these products and will securitize loans -- dice them into new securities of varying risk and return -- on their behalf and sell them to investors for a fee.
    — Jan-Henrik Foerster, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Finally, loans are increasingly repackaged and sold, or securitized, into the larger corporate debt market, obscuring the risks.
    — David L Levy, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Mortgage rates in the United States are rising quickly, yet a Miami startup is racing to securitize home loans with cryptocurrency.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • The bill also allows utility companies to securitize costs related to storm damages and the rollout of advanced metering technology.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
  • These would securitize a portion of future profits to fund payouts, thereby enabling shareholders to take only a temporary hit to value rather than permanent dilution from straight equity issuance.
    — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Rather than require customers to pay their entire bill at once, electric providers could allow for a payment plan and municipal power companies may seek to securitize the debt and extend repayment over several years to cushion the impact.
    — Russell Gold, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Private equity firms are securitizing those loans, and combining them with higher quality debt into larger investment vehicles in order to extend their shelf lives ahead of maturities.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Trauma is effectively securitized, bundled and monetized, with survivors bearing the consequences.
    — Jaime Huff, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Small suppliers have been able to offload receivables from the likes of China Vanke and Country Garden at a discount to third-party factors, who securitize them and sell them to investors.
    — Andrew Peaple, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Straits Trading hopes to realize larger gains and has begun to securitize some of these assets into a private trust—part of a broader strategy to divest mature properties and reinvest the capital, Chew says.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • These participants will include banks to securitize loans, government agencies to facilitate securitization, and ratings agencies to assess issuances.
    — Rohit Arora, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • With MicroStrategy, Saylor has created a business out of securitizing bitcoin by using a set of financial tools together in an innovative way.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Fannie’s roots stretch back to 1938, Freddie’s to 1970; Both were designed to keep mortgage credit flowing by securitizing and guaranteeing home loans.
    — Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Delinquent taxes are an issue the city will continue to face in 2018 – City Council is considering legislation to securitize tax liens, which means selling them to collection agencies.
    — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Renewable energy projects supported by long-term power purchase agreements generate steady income that can be securitized, attracting institutional investors seeking stability.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • The order directs federal agencies to issue guidance preventing certain federal programs from approving, insuring, guaranteeing or securitizing sales of single-family homes to institutional investors.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2026

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