materialize
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“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
“Large capex numbers are easy to announce on paper, but the growth needs to materialize for SpaceX and the debt markets to continue to justify it.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 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
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
When meaningful change fails to materialize following the achievement of superficial diversity, those who remain locked out can become extremely discouraged and demoralized, resulting in cynicism and resignation.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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 if the box-office falloff materializes as expected, the film is still expected to be a success for Universal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 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
Even if a peace deal eventually materializes, the oil price isn’t likely to fall back to levels seen before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
I gape like a fish as Cook, as silent-footed as her mistress, materializes from behind the sheet I've just hung up.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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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
The firm, which bought Aevex in 2020, hired Jefferies in late 2023 to solicit bids for sale, a person familiar with the matter said, but a deal never materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
But if she thought it strange that two people and a pigeon had materialized out of nowhere, she didn’t say anything.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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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
Management has been calling for a “hockey stick” in AI consumption during the second half of 2026 and into 2027, and Blakey said the guidance boost suggests that dynamic is materializing ahead of schedule.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 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
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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