commercialize
verb (used with object)
to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
was commercializing
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past progressiveof commercialize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Fifty years ago, Spaniards swore that Belmonte was commercializing the fights by breeding his own bulls and using an agent to arrange appearances at the then prime price of $3,300 an afternoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
But what did matter was the hugeness of the habit which was commercializing a custom whose origin was very far removed from the spirit of the day.
From How It Happened by Kate Langley Bosher
