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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Polaroid launched the world’s first mega pixel digital camera in 1993 and commercialized the technology for its use in healthcare.
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Andrew Binns, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Layoffs can be a good thing: there are some big battery companies where people understand what went well, what the pain points were, and are going out and commercializing on their own.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Eric Carr, president of nuclear operations at Dominion Energy, said the biggest challenge to commercializing the technology right now is managing the costs of a first-of-a-kind project.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
But this cannot prevent some pilgrims from criticizing the Saudi government’s management of Hajj, including its attempts to commercialize this devotional gathering.
—Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
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Andrew Binns, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Layoffs can be a good thing: there are some big battery companies where people understand what went well, what the pain points were, and are going out and commercializing on their own.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Eric Carr, president of nuclear operations at Dominion Energy, said the biggest challenge to commercializing the technology right now is managing the costs of a first-of-a-kind project.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
But this cannot prevent some pilgrims from criticizing the Saudi government’s management of Hajj, including its attempts to commercialize this devotional gathering.
—Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercialize. Accessed 19 Sep. 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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