- a variation of commodify.
commoditize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of commoditize
First recorded in 1975–80; commodit(y) + -ize
Example Sentences
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“It’s just an interesting dynamic to see who will be able to commoditize who faster,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
"You do not want to commoditize the product," Farley said at a Wall Street Journal forum.
From Reuters ● May 3, 2023
Admittedly my first intention was maybe more of a navel-gazy, poetic film about design and what happens when you commoditize air-conditioned square feet.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2022
There’s something you can do if you own the whole stack over here, and then there’s this massive inflection point and opportunity to be everywhere if you commoditize a little bit more.
From The Verge ● Nov. 24, 2020
“Then that pile of information becomes additive towards this real understanding, that we have completely forgotten the value of wild in our rush to commoditize this animal.”
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2019
Since the memory-chip business has largely been commoditized, companies like Micron usually could charge only slightly more for their chips than it cost to manufacture them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
Keeping intellectual property safe would be paramount to prevent businesses from getting commoditized, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Essentially, the hyperscalers are pouring money into large language models that can be commoditized and difficult to monetize, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
We do have a perception challenge, because video is fairly commoditized at this point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“They’ve laid so much fiber in the ground that they’ve basically commoditized themselves. They are going to get into massive price wars with everyone and it’s going to be a disaster.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Such conflicts between the inescapable particularity of individuals and the inevitably commoditizing forces of commerce are another DeWitt specialty.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
Analogous to the business theory of disruptive innovation, undercutting the price of 80 percent of dental care may have the unintended consequence of commoditizing much of the profession.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2017
And while the new TaskRabbit is more streamlined and treats Taskers more professionally, it also makes them more interchangeable, commoditizing the work they do.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2014
That makes it possible to sell lots of them without commoditizing or devaluing the original.
From Forbes ● Apr. 11, 2014
Sure, PCs were more powerful, but in commoditizing the PC marketplace with its chips, Intel had created a situation in which proprietary software vendors now held the power.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
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