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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Industry partners see several revenue opportunities, including ticket sales and commercializing long corridors of railway rights-of-way.
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Over the last decade, Shine has commercialized technology to separate isotopes for medical applications such as treating cancer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025
There is a somewhat mythologized story about how Steve Jobs and his engineers first saw the mouse and other advanced graphic user interface (GUI) technologies in a visit to Palo Alto based Xerox PARC but commercialized it more successfully.
—Zain Jaffer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Interestingly enough, by 1920 Jarvis was disgusted with how commercialized Mother's Day had become.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Over the last decade, Shine has commercialized technology to separate isotopes for medical applications such as treating cancer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025
There is a somewhat mythologized story about how Steve Jobs and his engineers first saw the mouse and other advanced graphic user interface (GUI) technologies in a visit to Palo Alto based Xerox PARC but commercialized it more successfully.
—Zain Jaffer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Interestingly enough, by 1920 Jarvis was disgusted with how commercialized Mother's Day had become.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercialize. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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