COMMERCIALIZING Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

commercializing

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present participle of commercialize

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Their role becomes clear at 21-, 36- and 52-Across, where the clues solve to partial entries, which can be completed only by using the entry spaces of those dash clues.

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
In a small farm context, that will be to a grouping of farmers that form a producer unit using the same practices in the same climate.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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As the unit enters its second year, its priorities remain identifying victims and building cases against those exploiting them.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Still, hackers can infiltrate companies by duping an employee into installing malware on their computer or exploiting unknown vulnerabilities in their software or network.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

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Ellison and Kreiz emphasized that they’re equally invested in spending on original films as in leveraging that gargantuan stable of IP.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Oura has, of course, tried to sell itself as more than a smart ring, leveraging its massive data set and AI tie-ins as part of a more sweeping narrative.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

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Another theory is that Nacua is milking the injury, in part out of frustration with his contract situation.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
During the show, he was filmed skiing to the South Pole, catching a giant anaconda, milking a venomous tarantula and diving under the ice of the North Pole.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026

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As Rolling Stone and Sportico have reported, the Riverside plaintiffs all allege that the church should have known that Lorch was abusing children.

— Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Damian Reynolds, 34, was sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence — the maximum allowed under the law —after he was convicted of abusing two women, according to the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026

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