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
Young voters said they felt frustrated waiting for a better economy that has yet to materialize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
As a Fed governor 15 years ago, Warsh was more worried about inflation than nearly all of his colleagues, and for years it didn’t materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
And he didn’t materialize slowly, the way an avatar normally did when logging into a chat room.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Banks will have decisions to make if a Fed rate hike materializes Wednesday, Gordon said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
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
Sure, I love the idea of our family’s archenemies turning into sycophantic suck-ups, but when the strange actually materializes into reality, it definitely leaves you reeling.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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
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
Ultimately, the deal between the PGA Tour and PIF never materialized, and the Saudis pulled out of LIV this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He insisted that a deal was “imminent” although one hasn’t materialized yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
But how had her mother materialized so quickly from Lola’s bedside?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
German headcount reduction targets don’t appear to be materializing, while a production shift to low-cost countries is unlikely to accelerate until 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The same-store sales streak and the new customers are a signal that the brand’s turnaround is materializing, Jefferies analyst Corey Tarlowe said in a note on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Airline mergers have been notoriously difficult to complete in recent years, and while it’s not impossible, UBS analysts said the chances of a deal materializing “are probably remote.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
G’ma says, materializing, it seems, at Scoob’s shoulder and reaching for the vibrating device.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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