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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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
One of his postgraduate students has since commercialized the approach to rare earth elements.
—Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
One suggestion is commercializing the center to take advantage of its real estate value and prime location on the Potomac.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
The startup recently announced a $4.5 million funding round to commercialize their Automatic NNs Analyzer (ANNA), a technology that promises to reduce optimization time from months to hours while making neural networks up to five times more cost-effective.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercialize. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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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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