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cap·i·tal·ize on

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  1. Capitalize onverb

    To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of capitalize on in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of capitalize on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of capitalize on in a Sentence

  1. Ramon Llamas:

    This is going to be a real test of supply and demand for Apple, with the advent of the first 5G phone last year and the launch of an iPhone SE, Apple was very well positioned to capitalize on upgrades. This year, the upgrade cycle may be more muted than last year, and that works in Apple's favor should it experience supply issues.

  2. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus:

    The majority of Tel Rifaat is Arab and Turkmen, and if the PYD says it will capitalize on (its control), then this means ethnic cleansing, and this will not benefit Syria.

  3. Guyo Galicha Iyya:

    We must capitalize on the number of people present here, because it is a challenge reaching out to everybody given the huge size of the county, poor infrastructure, and a poor telephone and communication network.

  4. Juta Gurinaviciute:

    NZX hosts many of New Zealand's largest companies, including Fonterra Co-operative Group, which produces over 2 billion liters of milk every year and is the world's largest dairy exporter. Overseas investors owned roughly 40% of the equities market as of December 2018.DDoS attacks aim to disrupt service by flooding a network with large volumes of internet traffic. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange suffered a DDoS attack in September last year, which forced it to suspend trading, while Nasdaq, CBOE and BATS were hit by DDoS attacks for several days in 2012 resulting in patchy access to their websites but no disruptions to trading.The motive for the attack on New Zealand's stock market remains unclear and the exchange has not provided further details. How to protect yourself from cyberattacks while working from homeThis type of attack is becoming much more common, as cybercriminals capitalize on the growth in public clouds and sell their services cheaply on the dark web. DDoS attacks surged 542% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the final three months of 2019, according to cyber security company Nexusguard.''One reason why DDoS attacks are so inexpensive is that more and more people that offer DDoS-for-hire services are leveraging the scale and bandwidth of public clouds.

  5. Christopher Bell:

    We knew going into Richmond that this is one of our better racetracks, so we needed to capitalize on that and get all the points we could.

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