capitalize
verb (used with object)
to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
were capitalizing
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past progressiveof capitalize.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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Once more, the youthful San Antonio Spurs were capitalizing on early ineptitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
That one came from having many, many experiences in my lifetime about both capitalizing off of my image and also feeling like others were capitalizing off of it without my control.
From The Verge ● Nov. 9, 2021
“They were capitalizing on our mistakes,” captain Becky Sauerbrunn said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
The day after the debate, they were capitalizing on a report from The Hill newspaper that claimed they were organizing an “occult task force” of “chaos magicians, witches and energy workers.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2019
Afterwards he became prominent in the American Legion and was the chief "cat's paw" for the lumber interests who were capitalizing the uniform to gain their own unholy ends.
From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin
