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
Examples of materialize in a Sentence
A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table.
Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
Flash flooding in Texas’ Hill Country region materialized in the early hours of July 4, when the Guadalupe River surged over 20 feet.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 14 July 2025
Advertisement In 1960, Pakistan’s President Ayyub Khan proposed a military alliance, which didn’t materialize.
—Sam Dalrymple, Time, 14 July 2025
At last year’s Sun Valley gathering, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav predicted a wave of media M&A, little of which has materialized beyond the breakup of his own company.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 July 2025
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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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