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Third Person
commercializes
Present Participle
commercializing
Past Tense
commercialized
Past Participle
commercialized
1
to make something into a business or focus on making money from it
- The company commercialized the technology for mass production.
- Many traditional holidays have been commercialized over time.
- The artist refuses to commercialize his creative work.
- They successfully commercialized their research into a marketable product.
- The music industry commercializes trends to maximize sales.
Synonyms:
2
exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality