materialize
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Higher yields should eventually support investment income as banks reinvest maturing securities, but this benefit will take time to materialize, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
If higher prices materialize, they would come soonest in fresh meat, dairy and produce, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Young voters said they felt frustrated waiting for a better economy that has yet to materialize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
If it did, expectations for a strong rebound this fall may not materialize.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
But if that support didn’t materialize, I’d still find my way.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Istanbul materializes as a still, dreamlike place in this distinctly modern thriller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A bright blue first-place ribbon materializes and becomes the perfect accessory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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
Several times a day Mrs. Byrne materializes in the sewing room like a phantom, but she never picks up a needle.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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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 looked at her with genuine interest, as if she were something under a microscope, as though she were some medical marvel that had inadvertently materialized in his kitchen.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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Data centers are mushrooming, so numerous and monolithic they seem abstract, until one starts materializing on the Conodoguinet Creek in Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He doesn’t see “imminent” danger of any of the three risks he flagged materializing, which is why he’s staying bullish and “tactically positive on risk assets” — for now.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 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
Management has been calling for a “hockey stick” in AI consumption during the second half of 2026 and into 2027, and Blakey said the guidance boost suggests that dynamic is materializing ahead of schedule.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 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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