materialized

Example Sentences

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A striking gray-striped coat featured geometric shadows that mimicked light filtering through Venetian blinds, appearing as if it had practically materialized from a black and white film.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Were the race close, maybe those resources could’ve materialized.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

U.S.-Iran talks over the weekend never materialized; on Monday, Iran offered to stop its attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz if the war ends.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Wage growth has also slowed in the blue-collar industries that tend to employ low-skilled migrants, a sign that widely feared labor shortages haven’t materialized, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Labor Department figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

From the point of view of his fellow Flatlanders, he has unaccountably disappeared from a closed room and then distressingly materialized from nowhere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan