As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
VOWELISE
vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise
(verb) pronounce as a vowel; “between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vowelise (third-person singular simple present vowelises, present participle vowelising, simple past and past participle vowelised)
Alternative form of vowelize
Source: Wiktionary
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