Definition of materializationnext

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Recent Examples of materialization For the science-fiction concepts underpinning that world, including gravity control, faster-than-light communication and cognitive materialization, Kamiyama worked with novelist Toh EnJoe, credited as SF setting supervisor, as an outside arbiter. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 The brand pointed to the Moab Speed 2 and the Moab 3 models as contributors to the strong growth in the marketplace, partially driven by fresh colorways and materializations, along with enhanced storytelling. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 2 June 2026 Dream up things that have not been dreamt, and use the tools of AI to materialize them faster, because going from ideation to materialization is daunting, time consuming. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 3 May 2026 Who knows if, in this upside-down world that currently weighs on her, the june bug can see the nearby corpse of another beetle, accidentally disemboweled by the home’s owner hours before, the white fat peeking out from her rear end like the materialization of her dying breath. — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 The high-top comes in a neutral White Sand hue, while dimensionality is added through a suede and canvas materialization. — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Apr. 2025 New materializations of pure desire, birthing all creatures, as hungry as new life. — Ida Momennejad, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialization
Noun
  • Title granted to the Virgin Mary in honor of her apparitions to three shepherd children (Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Venerable Lucia dos Santos) in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The location was a former sugarcane plantation notorious for cruelty, and accounts of apparitions in the water are a reminder of this history.
    — Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The film turned from horror into drama, though it was still marketed in Thailand as a ghost film because that genre sells.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Yet every technology transformation is followed by a ghost that rarely appears on a project plan, risk register or executive dashboard.
    — Irene Thong, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Mariah Carey is getting into the Christmas spirit with Gucci.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Materialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialization. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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