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What is the verb for commoditize?

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commodify
  1. To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The artist feared that mass production would commodify her unique sculptures, diminishing their intrinsic value.”
      “There are economic incentives to commodify your tragedy, and that she did it is not surprising.”
      “If we treat information as a proprietary good, we commodify information, and create ownership and control regimes.”
commoditize
  1. (US, business, proscribed) To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The company's goal is to commoditize their high-end artisanal tea, making it more accessible and affordable for a larger market.”
      “I don't think we can commoditize individuals and simply regard them as something of business value to be sold on.”
      “Let's hope this heralds a worldwide movement to commoditize education for the common good.”
commoditized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of commoditize
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commodified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of commodify
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commoditise
  1. To transform into a commodity
  2. Examples:
    1. “But by creating the interest, by putting their private life up for auction in this way, doesn't the celebrity also commoditise themselves?”
      “We will start to commoditise IT services by offering ranges of service level to suit the client.”
commoditises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commoditise
commoditizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commoditize
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commodifies
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commodify
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The market works, and when it works, it commodifies or obsoletes everything.”
      “The nostalgic gaze sacralizes concepts, objects, forms, and states from the past and reproduces them in a present that simulates and commodifies their pastness.”
      “Josie'' nails the same feeling even better and, in its one nod to realism, commodifies and commercializes it for your enhanced enjoyment.”
commoditised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of commoditise
  2. Examples:
    1. “His goods have become commoditised, sales are slowing, while rents and labour costs are rising.”
      “This is a generation that will know of nothing that isn't commoditised and cannot be packaged up and sold back to us.”
      “Bidders are likely to offload parts of the group, which has struggled as its market has become increasingly commoditised.”
commoditising
  1. present participle of commoditise
commoditizing
commodifying
  1. present participle of commodify
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Blundell refuses to see the process of painting as simply resistance or accommodation to modernity or the commodifying processes of the contemporary global art market.”
      “Some groups have focused on organizing and commodifying the informal, undisciplined, semi-professional knowledges that circulate within academic communities.”
      “He believes that the they are conspiring and commodifying art.”
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