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materialize

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //məˈtɪɹiəˌɫaɪz// ma·te·ri·al·ize Dialect

v. to become real or happen. You use this when a plan or a person finally appears after being delayed or not expected.

v. to become a reality or to appear in a physical form. Often used to describe the fulfillment of a promise, plan, or expectation.


SIMPLE

The plan to build a new park finally materialized.

CONTEXTUAL

After months of waiting, the promised funding finally materialized, allowing the team to start the project.

COMPLEX

The sudden materialization of the long-lost manuscript provided historians with a wealth of primary sources that had previously been thought to be lost forever.

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