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materialize

[muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz] / məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz /


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They add that UMC has accelerated its push into silicon photonics, but that will likely take years to materialize even if the chip manufacturer succeeds.

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

Multiple setbacks and deadline extensions later, lithium has yet to materialize even as industry job training programs graduate students into careers that have not arrived in the area.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 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

But I knew that if he wanted to talk to me, he’d probably just materialize in my room.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

A bright blue first-place ribbon materializes and becomes the perfect accessory.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 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

For the full year, Wall Street projects SLB to grow annual sales about 2%, an outlook that could prove to be conservative if the postconflict scenario materializes sooner rather than later.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Several times a day Mrs. Byrne materializes in the sewing room like a phantom, but she never picks up a needle.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Such lines of business have not yet materialized.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Flipping through them three decades on, she realized what made dELiA*s and its ilk so different from the other mail-order catalogs that materialized every few months in her family’s mail pile like L.L.

From Salon Jul. 18, 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

But how had her mother materialized so quickly from Lola’s bedside?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The Bank of Canada report found businesses and households remain stable, with fears of trade tensions and mortgage renewals not materializing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Yoga was only just materializing on the fringes of American culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Doing so would penalize some software companies for expenses that may not end up materializing to such an extreme degree, he added.

From MarketWatch Mar. 21, 2026

For casting director Gabriel Domingues, putting together the ensemble of “The Secret Agent” meant materializing characters inspired by director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s recollections.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 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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