commercialize
verb (used with object)
to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
were 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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By the 1980s, companies were commercializing microbes and plants made with recombinant DNA, and regulators’ ears perked up.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2017
