As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
MATERIALISATION
offspring, materialization, materialisation
(noun) something that comes into existence as a result; “industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution’s various socialistic offspring”; “this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts”
materialization, materialisation, manifestation
(noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
materialization, materialisation
(noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality; “the materialization of her dream”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
materialisation (countable and uncountable, plural materialisations)
Alternative spelling of materialization
Source: Wiktionary
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19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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