materialize

Example Sentences

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Morgan analysts said that a full return to “normal” supply conditions in the global crude market would take months to materialize.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The first-quarter momentum will have to offset the expected fallout from the latest Middle East conflict, which economists forecast will more fully materialize in the second quarter.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“Operating leverage will increasingly materialize as asset growth compounds and productivity per advisor improves, aided by the technology investments the company has made,” the UBS analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I go to the library instead, sitting where I’d usually be with Sandy and Jasmine, as if I’m hoping Sandy will materialize out of thin air—but he doesn’t come.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender