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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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“He looks forward to vindicating himself in court, where such matters are decided — and not in the media — based on admissible, material evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Detailed testing is still underway, but the material resembles malachite, a copper-rich mineral that can be processed to produce copper.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

"That was a computer which was used in journalism, and there are protections for journalistic material," McGuinness said.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The potential of iron-nitride magnets was discovered in the 1950s, but the technology languished for decades because it was hard to create enough magnetic material at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

I wasn’t thinking about James as husband material.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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