materialize
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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
“If the clouds don’t materialize, then Wednesday could be a real problem, and temperatures could really jump up,” Gomberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
If a September rate hike doesn’t materialize, investors can’t keep demanding higher yields on concerns the Fed hasn’t got inflation under control, the strategist argued.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
While El Niño’s anticipated effects don’t always materialize, on the coast “we tend to get stronger storms offshore, which mean that we get bigger waves reaching our coastline,” Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Maybe Pili would materialize out of nowhere just in time to save him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Whether it gets made, he said, depends on whether the fund materializes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Regional governments are getting involved, with Bavaria committing up to 400 million euros to Proxima if federal funding also materializes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
Light materializes now in the bedroom as well.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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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
He insisted that a deal was “imminent” although one hasn’t materialized yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“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
Mr. Nixon, our headmaster, materialized in the doorway.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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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
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
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
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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