material goods
Example Sentences
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About one-third pointed to spending on experiences, and 13% chose spending on material goods.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
As Bob Batchelor wrote in his paper "Advertising in the 1920s," most Americans both had more financial success than they had in the previous decade and increasingly equated material goods with personal success.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2023
García Luna has said it is “false, defamatory and perjury to say that I have ever received any material goods from any person, police officer or criminal group.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
These shoes are more than just material goods.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022
The economic changes making material goods cheaper have forced businesses to seek out new opportunities so that they now market to groups they once ignored.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
