- past tense form of materialize.
- past participle of materialize.
materialized
Example Sentences
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That effort eventually materialized into a special collection at UC San Diego.
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
Sales to universities, which Jobs hoped would be a major customer, never materialized in large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Hundreds of vidfeed windows materialized in the air, all over the club.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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