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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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The findings show that MoOCl2 exhibits the strongest light-bending effect ever measured in a natural material, potentially opening a path toward much smaller and more capable optical technologies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Rowbottom’s willingness to move toward culturally uncomfortable material is central to her work, he stressed, treating so-called lowbrow or feminine cultural obsessions not as guilty pleasures, but as material worthy of literary merit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Instead, she and her cofounder, Louisa Pierce, replaced the material with more durable hardwood flooring throughout the upper level.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Studio executives and producers are racing to find movie material in corners of the internet they once dismissed as some of the greatest threats to their business, from YouTube to anime to videogames.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

It was far too much material to take out unnoticed.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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