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materialize

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


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If it did, expectations for a strong rebound this fall may not materialize.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 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

The third screenplay to materialize was “The Dog Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

They instead materialize in other, less visible, ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Leah told Willets that perhaps spirits could materialize phosphorous, the way they apported flowers and doves.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Whether it gets made, he said, depends on whether the fund materializes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

And if they call Ma, it wouldn’t be long before the Supreme Commander materializes outside the door, ready to whisk me home and end my night early.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

That effort eventually materialized into a special collection at UC San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

He insisted that a deal was “imminent” although one hasn’t materialized yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

A few seconds later, Shoto logged back into his account, and his avatar materialized a short distance in front of me, in the exact spot where he’d been killed a few hours earlier.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

He doesn’t see “imminent” danger of any of the three risks he flagged materializing, which is why he’s staying bullish and “tactically positive on risk assets” — for now.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 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

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

He acknowledged the Fed “can’t bank on” productivity gains materializing, and said much work needs to be done to evaluate the AI impact before building policy around it.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

As my avatar finished materializing, I looked down and realized that the floor I’d been standing on earlier was now gone.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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