professionalize
verb
pro·fes·sion·al·ize
prə-ˈfesh-nə-ˌlīz 
-ˈfe-shə-nə-ˌlīz
professionalized; professionalizing
: to give a professional character to
Examples of professionalize in a Sentence
The country is professionalizing the military.
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Embracing technology reduces the risk of costly mistakes while increasing efficiency and profitability, enabling landlords to professionalize their operations, improve tenant satisfaction and scale their business.
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Ryan Barone, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Adam Goodman, the CEO and founder of Invisible Narratives, which helps creators professionalize and expand their businesses, says that as the creator world subsumes the entertainment landscape, there’s an opportunity to build infrastructure around this new generation of media businesses.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
But as the league professionalized across the past decade, clubs like the Toros de Tijuana were at the forefront, borrowing promotional ideas from minor-league teams and creating a template for other clubs to follow.
—Rustin Dodd, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
The Association of Professional Art Advisors, founded in 1980, had grown from eight to forty members by 1987, and as the role professionalized in the decades that followed, art advisers became an art-world fixture.4 The APAA claims more than a hundred and seventy-five members today.
—Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Barone, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Adam Goodman, the CEO and founder of Invisible Narratives, which helps creators professionalize and expand their businesses, says that as the creator world subsumes the entertainment landscape, there’s an opportunity to build infrastructure around this new generation of media businesses.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
But as the league professionalized across the past decade, clubs like the Toros de Tijuana were at the forefront, borrowing promotional ideas from minor-league teams and creating a template for other clubs to follow.
—Rustin Dodd, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
The Association of Professional Art Advisors, founded in 1980, had grown from eight to forty members by 1987, and as the role professionalized in the decades that followed, art advisers became an art-world fixture.4 The APAA claims more than a hundred and seventy-five members today.
—Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Professionalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professionalize. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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professionalize
verb
pro·fes·sion·al·ize
prə-ˈfesh-nəl-ˌīz
-ən-ᵊl-
professionalized; professionalizing
: to give a professional nature to
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