How to Use capitalism in a Sentence

capitalism

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  • And the state of capitalism, and the absurd price of a Birkin bag.
    — Maureen Dowd New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 July 2021
  • And there are times when the Democrats side with the hard right against a crony-capitalism bill.
    — Sven Berg, idahostatesman, 2 Nov. 2017
  • But then that’s how capitalism works — the market sets the price.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2019
  • But the goal of selling capitalism as a moral virtue never died.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Stop treating us like cogs in the wheel of capitalism to be ground down and replaced when worn out.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The wonder of capitalism is that the money will then flow by itself.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2022
  • If the rules of capitalism apply to banks, Deutsche should be wound down.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Yet the test of capitalism is not just whether shareholders do well.
    — The Economist, 24 May 2018
  • The changes that came were the beginning of capitalism and that era of great wealth and ferocious change.
    — Caroline Framke, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Eviction court is kind of a ground zero for the workings of capitalism.
    — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • And not to get too woo-woo, but that’s a tenet of capitalism [laughs].
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Guilt around your good fortune will not change the failures of late stage capitalism.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • Or the prairie’s the rare communal space, and the farmland is capitalism.
    — In Swing State, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Hey kids and students of all ages, care for a lesson in capitalism?
    — Matt Richtel, WIRED, 13 Apr. 1998
  • And of course, the caveat that capitalism is bad — this is very exciting news!
    — oregonlive, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The thing to remember is capitalism is a boom and bust cycle and crypto is now in the bust cycle.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • Under capitalism, a slim chance of survival can start to look like a lucky break.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Looking forward to a treat is a tale as old as time, or at least as old as capitalism.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 June 2023
  • Under capitalism, know the power of the dollar in their eyes.
    — Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 10 July 2020
  • The art business is at best a labor of love and at worst a symbol of late capitalism at its most ridiculous.
    — New York Times, 16 June 2021
  • The film is a satirical take down on modern capitalism and the one percent.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2022
  • When the bill comes due for capitalism in China, the West must be ready.
    — Michael Hochberg, National Review, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The scourge of click farms What are known as click farms are a good example of this gaming of capitalism.
    — Kean Birch, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2019
  • This lack of care for human life is a sickness, and capitalism feeds into it.
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • With numbers like that, the issue will remain a sore spot in the tough debates over capitalism ahead.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Senator Sanders sees capitalism as the root of all evil.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2020
  • There, capitalism is in its full flower, and that area is also home to the mint that will print the new currency.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 July 2022
  • Rather than meme their way out of late capitalism, Oliver wants all the snacks to go back to making video games.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
  • In the damp, pitch-dark space live the outcasts of a society reshaped by capitalism.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
  • These acts were all performed in the name of preserving capitalism and building white wealth.
    — Jenn M. Jackson, Teen Vogue, 6 Feb. 2018

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