material
Example Sentences
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The crime of insider trading consists in taking advantage of other investors by buying or selling stock based on material, nonpublic information that could affect its value.
The four books, which were immediately withdrawn from sale, are subject to a recall procedure and will be destroyed, Hachette said, promising a "thorough review of its textbooks, educational materials and dictionaries".
From Barron's
So he decided to rebuild his shorts and underwear drawer, swapping out garments made from polyester-based fabrics to ones crafted from materials such as organic cotton and merino wool.
But the president retained the discretion to transfer weapons and material back to the military as needed.
Screening markets for the optimal stocks to exploit these trends, they produced a list of companies across energy efficiency, battery materials, infrastructure and defense/security themes.
From MarketWatch
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