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materialize

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


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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

Young voters said they felt frustrated waiting for a better economy that has yet to materialize.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 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

Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Oracle are not building AI infrastructure because they anticipate demand will materialize.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

“But I didn’t think it a good idea for Lord Voldemort to materialize in the staffroom. I imagined that people would panic.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Whether it gets made, he said, depends on whether the fund materializes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 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

For the full year, Wall Street projects SLB to grow annual sales about 2%, an outlook that could prove to be conservative if the postconflict scenario materializes sooner rather than later.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Which brings the question back to what RevMed becomes if no deal materializes.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Until for the first time since she died, Mom materializes and is standing before me, her hair a blaze of black fire, her eyes damning me.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

In retrospect, Bonilla, 31, finds great irony in how that initial foray into professional acting fictionally materialized her Mexican immigrant parents’ worst nightmare.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 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

Molchanova eventually moved to New York and started following Epstein’s advice, hoping she’d break into design, but no FIT education materialized.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Pride said she rewatched the original series, paying particular attention to the shift that materialized in Season 2 when Allen was brought on to overhaul it, as a starting point.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

He had heard people speak of mirages, and had already seen some himself: they were desires that, because of their intensity, materialized over the sands of the desert.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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

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

The bond-market worry about rising prices is materializing on construction sites and on the shelves of home-improvement centers and hardware stores.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Airline mergers have been notoriously difficult to complete in recent years, and while it isn’t impossible, UBS analysts said the chances of a deal materializing “are probably remote.”

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

As my avatar finished materializing, I looked down and realized that the floor I’d been standing on earlier was now gone.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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