Example Sentences

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The stock has capitalized on broad market optimism, including for tech companies, relating to the recent cease-fire in Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The maker of AutoCAD and other digital design software has capitalized on the flood of investment in data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

By that point, Descovich has expressed regret about possibly misjudging Glaude’s civics teacher, and one candidate in this fantasy gubernatorial race knowingly has capitalized on a manufactured scandal.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2025

“Pretty much every Korean brand has capitalized on that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

He has capitalized his skill and cunning by organizing himself into a sort of crocodile liability company, as it were.

From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)