materialize

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ma·te·ri·al·ize | \ mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz

materialized; materializing

Definition of materialize

transitive verb

1a : to make material : objectify

b : to cause to appear in bodily form materialize the spirits of the dead

2 : to cause to be materialistic

intransitive verb

1 : to assume bodily form

2a : to appear especially suddenly

b : to come into existence

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Examples of materialize in a Sentence

A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table. Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.

Recent Examples on the Web During the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, when the Fed embarked on quantitative easing, inflation failed to materialize because banks opted to hold excess reserves instead of increasing loans that would have boosted the money supply. — Nick Sargen, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022 But a number of stadium proposals have failed to materialize, and a recent plan to build a permanent home in the Bronx near Yankee Stadium might be scuttled as well. — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2021 A year into the effort, when that willingness failed to materialize, the Citizen Call shut down. — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021 Economists were hoping to see recovery in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic — but those gains failed to materialize, with just 56,000 jobs were added in retail last month, and 74,000 in leisure and hospitality. — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021 Last year, the blue wave of Democratic victories some had predicted in Texas failed to materialize, as Republicans beat challengers in most urban and suburban districts. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021 But ByteDance chose to pursue a rival TikTok bid from a group led by Oracle Corp.—a deal that also failed to materialize. — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021 But nearly two years after the start of the pandemic, the Civilian Climate Corps has yet to materialize. — Matt Simon, Wired, 27 Dec. 2021 Some of these sanctions have already started to materialize. — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2020

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