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Recent Examples of materialization 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 Not meant to be taken literally, the twist after a shocking act violence reads like the materialization of Ali’s desire to be a bolder, more stereotypically masculine iteration of himself. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025 New materializations of pure desire, birthing all creatures, as hungry as new life. Ida Momennejad, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024 Bottega Veneta’s high-craft clutches and 3D flower mules: iconic items of the house get even better with novel techniques and materializations. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 7 Oct. 2024 Voilà, our cruel world is improved by the materialization of Ice Spice, a 24-year-old from the Bronx who raps with vivid nonchalance, delivering a rhyming interior monologue that everyone can suddenly hear, communicating broadly but with telepathic intimacy. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024 The floating object was the materialization of a constant dread, the embodiment of an alien intrusion. WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialization
Noun
  • Central Staircase An eerie apparition of Mary Worth will appear at the top of the staircase.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Ahead of the 500-year anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Tepeyac, Mexico, the sculpture is embarking on a worldwide tour, with visits scheduled to Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, among other places.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ezra is a doula who can see ghosts, and Jonathan is a widower mourning his late husband, Ben, who Ezra can inexplicably both see and hear, even though that definitely breaks ghost rules.
    Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But why did skeletons, witches and ghosts start popping up as fireworks faded away?
    George Petras, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its people — tough, creative, generous, and endlessly ambitious — deserve leadership that matches their spirit.
    John Foley, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Then, in February, the 10-day Carnival fills the streets with music, parades, and inventive costumes featuring giant handmade masks that represent fearsome creatures, which scare away winter spirits, or joyful beings celebrating their retreat, dating back to ancient pagan customs.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Materialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialization. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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