MATERIALIZED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

materialized

verb

past tense of materialize

as in began

to come into existence the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize

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as in appeared

to come into view the train station materialized through the fog

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as in surfaced

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized

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as in embodied

to represent in visible form a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief

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disembodied

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Recent Examples of materialized The fears that people expressed to us in our experience never materialized. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026 Mamdani ran on a platform that including transformative changes to public safety — but those changes have largely not materialized, 10 months into his tenure. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026 Second is the fact that even real, materialized AI edge fades fast. — Milos Maricic, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 With less than four weeks until Election Day, some of the biggest six-figure checks that once routinely flowed to the Democratic National Committee haven’t materialized. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 There was some thought in the summer that both players could challenge for rotation spots, but that hasn’t materialized, because the four older backups in front of them have done enough to get those opportunities. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Electricity tore through a blue-violet sky and an enormous electric chair materialized above Hetfield. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 If their hopes materialized, Hungarians would be able to keep it all—and their freedom. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Business continuity treats disruption as the baseline condition and designs operations accordingly, with integrated data, predictive intelligence and prebuilt response playbooks that activate before a situation has fully materialized. — Abha Dogra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The competition began in 2013 as an idea from the Murrell family to celebrate the franchise’s crew.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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In September, every ward in Sylhet's 100-bed Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, which is treating measles, appeared overwhelmed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The migration of working-class and Hispanic voters toward Trump in 2024, which now appeared to be swinging back to the Democrats in the midterms, suggested an underlying instability.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeared

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By Wednesday, reporting surfaced that Zacharia sat for the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011, but did not pass.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
But complications surfaced in June 2024, when a prosecutor uncovered that a deputy chief assistant at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s legal division had filled out a death penalty waiver form in Morris’ case.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of surfaced

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Since taking over as the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback, Jalen Hurts has largely embodied that idea.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
And this was the most dramatic rewrite of those guidelines ever and embodied the consumer welfare hypothesis.

— John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of embodied

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For example, seven-year ARMs that originated in 2019 and face their first reset this year from August through December have a median initial rate of 3% and a median unpaid balance of $548,000, ICE data shows.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Wimmer says Schlingheider has evaded his questions about where the image originated.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of originated

Verb

In the narrative to has unfolded from authorities and passenger accounts, Machchhar had the presence of mind to open the locked door of the cockpit after he was stabbed.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
In the debut episode, Robach and Holmes detailed how the scandal unfolded and insisted they’d been quietly separated from their spouses before their love affair began.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfolded

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However, other analysts have expressed concerns about assuming that take-or-pay legal structures are iron-clad and about equating backlogs with revenue.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
This was placed in a room where three Juszkiewicz works hinged on flourishing gladioli and calla, next to Valentino’s gowns that expressed his couture skills with sequined and embroidered dresses embellished with floral references and leaf motifs.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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