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materialize

[muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz] / məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz /


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At the same time, a home-price crash isn’t about to materialize, she stressed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

However, provisioning for losses that may never materialize is a questionable precaution, not least because economic and financial conditions are notoriously difficult to predict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“How it’s not linear. Memory folds and creases and coils. This is where sculpture comes in. It helps me materialize these ideas and feelings.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

If it did, expectations for a strong rebound this fall may not materialize.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

For the next several years, he sat there, day after day, looking out over the lake, listening to the clock tick, waiting for the telephone to ring, hoping some business would materialize.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The El Niño climate pattern materializes erratically every two to seven years and can last up to a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Regional governments are getting involved, with Bavaria committing up to 400 million euros to Proxima if federal funding also materializes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Even if the box-office falloff materializes as expected, the film is still expected to be a success for Universal.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Even those whose families migrated here seeking a “better life” can speak to how uneven the American dream materializes across class, race and country of origin.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Another ship materializes at the dock, the Giulia.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

That effort eventually materialized into a special collection at UC San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

But a deal hasn’t materialized as the sides remained far apart on price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

As we drove down to Orikum, a beach town south of Vlore, Aulon spoke at length about the other times they’ve been promised benefits from luxury tourist resorts that never materialized.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Despite the goal with these incentives being to attract filmmaking and lead to economic stimulus, that’s not materialized in the data,” Button said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

A girl had just materialized in front of me, like some kind of nature ninja.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

German headcount reduction targets don’t appear to be materializing, while a production shift to low-cost countries is unlikely to accelerate until 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Support is also materializing among state-owned enterprises, with actual orders placed, MS adds in a research note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The same-store sales streak and the new customers are a signal that the brand’s turnaround is materializing, Jefferies analyst Corey Tarlowe said in a note on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

He acknowledged the Fed “can’t bank on” productivity gains materializing, and said much work needs to be done to evaluate the AI impact before building policy around it.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

I think I might expire from happiness or something, because if it is him, my shiny, future self might be materializing before my eyes.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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