commercialize
verb
com·mer·cial·ize
kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz 
commercialized; commercializing
1
a
: to manage on a business basis for profit
b
: to develop commerce in
2
: to exploit for profit
commercialize Christmas
3
: to debase in quality for more profit
Examples of commercialize in a Sentence
The company hopes to commercialize the drug next year.
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Critics might argue that commercializing the debates could lead to shorter, less substantive responses aimed at generating conflict and soundbites rather than providing meaningful information to voters.
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Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
The thriving wineries of modern-day Australia would no doubt astonish those Lutheran pioneers, not to mention the self-denying John Muir — although they surely would be fascinated by how botany has been modernized and commercialized.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
One university office works to commercialize its technologies while the office down the hall sends the endowment money to coastal VCs to fund often competing technologies.
—Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
While Beyond Oil continues to make significant progress in the roll-out of its product to the food service industry, its team and partners also remain focused on becoming fully commercialized into the industrial frying market globally, with an initial focus on the North American market.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
The thriving wineries of modern-day Australia would no doubt astonish those Lutheran pioneers, not to mention the self-denying John Muir — although they surely would be fascinated by how botany has been modernized and commercialized.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
One university office works to commercialize its technologies while the office down the hall sends the endowment money to coastal VCs to fund often competing technologies.
—Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
While Beyond Oil continues to make significant progress in the roll-out of its product to the food service industry, its team and partners also remain focused on becoming fully commercialized into the industrial frying market globally, with an initial focus on the North American market.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercialize. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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commercialize
verb
com·mer·cial·ize
kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz
commercialized; commercializing
1
: to manage for the sake of making a profit
2
: to use for profit
commercialize Christmas
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