materialize
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Ambitious plans by PayPal’s past two CEOs had also failed to materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
Multiple setbacks and deadline extensions later, lithium has yet to materialize even as industry job training programs graduate students into careers that have not arrived in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
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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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
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
Detection is the foundation: radar, radio-frequency sensing, acoustic systems and electro-optical cameras that establish airspace awareness before a threat materializes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
One can enter here and if strength materializes add to above a double bottom pivot of $436.45.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
A crowd materializes from the darkness as my eyes adjust.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Such lines of business have not yet materialized.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The deal was supposed to help him secure a Trump pardon after a federal gun case, but the pardon never materialized, and Boosie is now trying to recover part of the money through arbitration.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Two years on, no “massive shock” has materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Everything old is new again: In 1996, Anaheim pitched a youth sports center called the “Little A” in part of the stadium parking lots as part of a ballpark village that never materialized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
I need the place where everything is hidden, Harry begged of it inside his head, and the door materialized on their third run past.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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
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
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
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
The Assassin stepped forward, materializing from the tree line as if out of thin air.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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