In a sentence
Six example sentences with capitalize, each labelled with its topic.
Down eight points, the guards capitalized on three straight turnovers and tied the game before the buzzer.
Basketball
The challenger capitalized on the mayor's missed debate, filling every local broadcast with her own housing plan.
Politics
A rival outage let the small team capitalize on sudden demand, signing forty enterprise customers in one week.
Startups
The defender capitalized on a single misplaced pawn and forced a resignation twelve moves later.
Gaming
The studio capitalized on the film's surprise success by rushing a sequel into production the following spring.
Movies
Exporters capitalized on the weak currency, selling abroad at prices their foreign rivals could not match.
Economics
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