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Recent Examples of materialization 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 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
  • At the very end of Season 1, Peacemaker appears to be seeing and hearing his father's apparition; presumably Patrick will continue in that capacity and/or in flashbacks.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • As the music plays, apparitions of shamans and African tribal dancers begin to mingle with the crowd.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, his presence is more like a ghost (literally at times), and a wedge between these two sisters.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • Nicole Ari Parker in And Just Like That Season 3 Craig Blankenhorn—Max Carrie’s ghosts must have stayed behind at the old apartment.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties are now symbols of neglect, where economic despair has replaced the industrious and seemingly indomitable spirit that had once defined them.
    Daniel A.C. McBride, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
  • As actual spirits, released from their corporeal form, or visions conjured up by the eyes or minds of those who see them—or something else?
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2025

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“Materialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialization. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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