commercialize

verb

Definition of commercializenext
as in to commodify

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Recent Examples of commercialize That’s thanks to educational institutions like the University of Toronto, and public-private research institutes like the Vector Institute, which Hinton co-founded to help commercialize AI breakthroughs. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 The company is ultimately looking to commercialize through licensing, sale, or joint ventures, rather than investing in its own full-scale manufacturing facility. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Venezuelan experts stress that the reserves remain state property; foreign companies could receive rights to develop fields, extract oil, and commercialize their share. — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026 Thrive Capital declined to comment when asked if they had been made aware of FIFA’s plans to commercialize an Under-15 tournament. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commercialize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercialize
  1. commodify
  2. use
  3. exploit
  4. leverage
  5. pimp
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  • In IconArrows pointing outwards The knock on Apple for years was that tech-device margins always evaporate, smartphones would commodify, etc.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Prediction market platforms have exploded in popularity in recent years, facing condemnation from lawmakers and others who argue the sites commodify human suffering and, in some cases, incentivize wrongdoing.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of commodify
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  • All three said West Point appears to be circumventing the judge's ruling by using a different justification to continue to enforce its speech rules.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of use
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  • That signal can be aggregated, correlated, and exploited by hostile foreign intelligence services to anticipate our movements, targets, and timing.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers did not observe every capability being actively exploited, so account compromise should not be assumed without evidence.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of exploit
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  • According to Sabbagh, Equatys will be able to leverage 400 relationships with mobile network operators across the world.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Beijing, meanwhile, accuses Washington of economic coercion while leveraging its dominance over critical supply chains to press the United States and Europe.
    — Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of leverage
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  • Norfleet, 26, was initially charged with pimping after bringing a 20-year-old woman to a hotel on the 1700 block of Embarcadero in Oakland.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The three were charged with crimes including pimping and pandering, money laundering, and tax and payroll fraud, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of pimp

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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercialize. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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