materializing

present participle of materialize
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of materializing There was confidence at one point that a deal would get done, but nothing ended up materializing. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026 Housing wealth is a large part of that disconnect as decades of appreciation left many older homeowners sitting on valuable properties without the home equity itself materializing as income, unless it’s sold or borrowed against. Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Multiple Metra directors signed off at their final board meeting last week as turnover related to transit reform legislation starts materializing. Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 While lithium supply has weighed on stock prices, analyst Patrick Cunningham doesn't see a meaningful glut materializing. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 The organization should ask whether value is actually materializing, whether the assumptions were right and whether the direction needs to change. Cory McNeley, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Krall just so happened to be interviewing for a full-time gig with the Reds as the trade was materializing at the Winter Meetings in Nashville. Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Restaurants materializing among neighborhood residences is feeling more common in Boise. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2026 The president has repeatedly said that a deal to end the war is imminent, despite no such agreement materializing. Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for materializing
Verb
  • Kevin Danso, who closed the season as his starting centre-back, and Cristian Romero have been replaced in the starting line-up by Jan Paul van Hecke, a classy but less physically dominant defender than the outgoers.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But just as at any school, the students are then split into many more subcultures, starting with those in the co-ops—student-run living and dining communities that essentially stand in for Greek life.
    Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As a student approached the doors, several feet of floodwater could be seen building up on the other side, appearing on the verge of breaking through.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the 1990s, Dundee remained a fixture in Memphis wrestling while also appearing on national television for World Championship Wrestling.
    Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Silver Medallion has become one of the awards season’s more dependable leading indicators, its honorees surfacing in the Oscar race with striking regularity.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Puka Nacua was on track to become the NFL’s next $150 million receiver until his offseason went sideways, with new abuse allegations surfacing as the league reviews his conduct.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The contrast between relief and despair is rarely more stark than on a tennis court, where two players embodying those emotions stand across the net at the end of a match and shake hands.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • These timeless blue jeans are a classic piece, just as their name suggests, embodying the effortless model-off-duty look of the ‘90s.
    Melony Forcier, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But Marcia was beginning to sound like Marcia on the page, Marcia in those essays that both excited and infuriated her readers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • During the study session, City Clerk Sherri Gard recommended the group seek legal counsel before beginning a signature-gathering effort.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But the true test of Turning Point Action's clout was unfolding inside the exhibition center, where staff members were registering voters, handing out buttons and signing people up for social events.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Precious little of anything survives from a millennium ago, let alone textile, let alone narrative textile, hundreds of feet of it, unfolding in scene after scene with the colors still crisp.
    John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, there are questions arising in your partnerships that don’t have easy answers or solutions.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Manhattan Federal Court action filed by the British former socialite in December argued that new information arising in related lawsuits and the government’s trove of investigative files on Epstein proved her imprisonment was unlawful.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the lobby of his apartment building, Kiritsis held a press conference, expressing anger at Meridian but also apologizing for the ordeal and his use of profanity throughout.
    Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That was a good example of fusing that into a very contemporary platform and a very contemporary way of expressing that so an audience would feel it and see it.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Materializing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materializing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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