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Example sentences for: capitalize

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The national media consoled themselves by arguing that 1) turnout was low, except among Christian conservatives; 2) James made a last-minute racial appeal by airing an ad that paired Blount with black Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington; 3) the primary exposed and exacerbated the national Republican feud between social and economic conservatives; and 4) the Democratic gubernatorial nominee will capitalize on this in November.
"The flexibility of the trading program has encouraged utilities to capitalize on advantageous trends, such as changing fuel prices and technological innovation that might have been delayed or discouraged by traditional regulatory approaches."
This may very well mean that Britannica won't ever really figure out how to capitalize on the Internet, since technology isn't going to stop changing and any successful company will have to make adaptability a core competence (at Britannica right now, it's not even a marginal competence).
By facilitating instant contributions, the Internet could help candidates capitalize quickly on early primary wins by buying more TV ads.
Sales of tobacco pipes are booming; the pipe industry hopes to capitalize on--and supplant--cigar chic, but the Wall Street Journal says skeptics still consider pipes "tweedy and prissy."