materialize
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If AI tools fail to drive the hoped-for efficiencies, corporate expenses will scale with revenue, and the projected margin benefits won’t materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
How hard he’s willing to push for that change will be an interesting story to follow should his speakership ever materialize.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
"For some of us, those threats have come very close, and all of us live with the knowledge that they may again materialize," Kagan, a liberal justice, told lawmakers in the House hearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
They weren’t going to wait for promises that would probably never materialize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
As I continued down the hallway, other students began to materialize in front of their lockers, ghostly apparitions that rapidly solidified.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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A bright blue first-place ribbon materializes and becomes the perfect accessory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
“If something materializes in five years, I’ll be surprised,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Detection is the foundation: radar, radio-frequency sensing, acoustic systems and electro-optical cameras that establish airspace awareness before a threat materializes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
“The Forsytes” is a clunky visual feast, but it’s also a new hot dish in an expanding buffet of eat-the-rich takes that materializes what one imagines a serialized adaptation of Gentlemen’s Quarterly would look like.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
A crowd materializes from the darkness as my eyes adjust.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Such lines of business have not yet materialized.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Many Venezuelans have already expressed disappointment that economic improvements expected after the U.S. intervention have not materialized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Two years on, no “massive shock” has materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The position never materialized, but McAfee still benefited from the change in administration.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
At first I thought the smoke had materialized out of thin air as a sort of judgment, but then I remembered it was Doreen's smoke and pushed the button that opened the window vent.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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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
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
“At the moment, we think the chances of this deal materializing are probably remote,” they write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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 seats around me were now filled with other students, and our teacher, Mr. Avenovich, was materializing at the front of the classroom.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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