CAPITALIZES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

capitalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of capitalize

as in subsidizes

to provide money for several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture

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His work as a reporter, which subsidizes his writing career, has taken him to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and most recently, Kuwait, for an upcoming magazine story about drones and the war in Iran.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
The academy is unusual because the series subsidizes drivers taking part, with backing from F1 ownership and its own sponsors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of subsidizes

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Aora also partners with rePurpose Global so that for every product sold, the company funds the removal from nature of nine times that item’s weight in plastic waste.

— Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The organization paying for it may also receive only part of its value, as when a hospital funds a system that benefits patients and insurers.

— Hani Assi, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of funds

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As head of the Canadian province’s media investment agency, Thorne-Stone finances everything from feature films to XR content.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Leaders should understand whether the capital creates a path to sustainable value or simply finances the next fundraising round.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of finances

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The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation underwrites most of the cost of our three performance spaces, equipment, and support services.

— Brian Beirne, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
But that spread is the distance between the single best market in America and the average one, measured after the year ended, and nobody underwrites to hindsight.

— Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of underwrites

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Jackson supports expanding the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps certain homeowners and renters with energy costs.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
The integrated workflow also supports maintenance and repair, helping the team identify hardware issues and return robots to testing faster.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of supports

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This extreme foregrounding of character in terms of action endows the cast with a retrospective air of typecasting, in a positive sense—the actors seem made for their parts, coalescing with their characters temperamentally.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of endows

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