materialize
verb
ma·te·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
materialized; materializing
1
2
: to cause to be materialistic
1
: to assume bodily form
2
a
: to appear especially suddenly
b
: to come into existence
materializer
noun
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Examples of materialize in a Sentence
A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table.
Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.
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And then, in early October, an altogether different project materialized—one that came from outside of the organization.
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Decades later, a fragment of that dream has begun to materialize, and residential towers with Space Age names — Evo, Aven, E11even — occupy former parking lots.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
Cruz has explored fights with fellow legend Jose Aldo in recent months, but nothing materialized.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Should Trump secure a win, for example, tariffs on Mexican imports could return, but the Mexican peso has already taken a hit against the U.S. dollar in recent months, possibly limiting further declines should such policies materialize.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Decades later, a fragment of that dream has begun to materialize, and residential towers with Space Age names — Evo, Aven, E11even — occupy former parking lots.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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materialize
verb
ma·te·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz
materialized; materializing
1
: to give material form and substance to
2
: to assume or cause to assume bodily form
a ghost materialized out of nowhere
3
a
: to come into existence
a promise that never materialized
b
: to appear suddenly
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