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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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In January, it paused online sales of a new activewear collection called the Get Low after customers complained that the material is too sheer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Reputedly, he destroyed hundreds of his own negatives, and the celluloid was melted down -- and some of it used as raw material to make soldiers' boots during World War I.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Peru's current President José María Balcázar said that the company hired to deliver the voting material had failed to do so in time.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Africa and Europe, and she has her own design studio, Felemaye, which she describes as “rooted in memory, material culture, and spatial intelligence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

What still shocked him, however, was that the market had been so slow to assimilate material information.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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