materialize
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How hard he’s willing to push for that change will be an interesting story to follow should his speakership ever materialize.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
"For some of us, those threats have come very close, and all of us live with the knowledge that they may again materialize," Kagan, a liberal justice, told lawmakers in the House hearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Initial expectations surrounding orders from the German government are likely too optimistic, with delays suggesting they may not materialize in the magnitude once anticipated, Rieck adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
They weren’t going to wait for promises that would probably never materialize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Finally, today, farmhouses begin to appear, and then come the gas stations and feed stores that mean a city is about to materialize.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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A bright blue first-place ribbon materializes and becomes the perfect accessory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
“If something materializes in five years, I’ll be surprised,” he said.
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
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
This is what happens: A hovercraft marked with the Capitol’s seal materializes directly over the barricaded children.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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“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
Such lines of business have not yet materialized.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
But that job, which never materialized, was not going to be as a recruiter, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Production at some plants was halted for regulatory violations, while less than 7% of the investment agreements he oversaw materialized, according to party authorities, who expelled the official and transferred his case to prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
After some initial confusion over how a sheep had suddenly materialized in the observatory, the children jostled for turns to look through the lens at the unsuspecting creature.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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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 Bank of Canada report found businesses and households remain stable, with fears of trade tensions and mortgage renewals not materializing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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
Their reply: the move “cost a few percentage points at the U.S. index level – a fair price to avoid a far costlier downside scenario materializing from worsening supply disruptions.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
“Um... what about that materializing/ teleporting thing you guys do?”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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