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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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Ms. Lewin is particularly suspicious of Keats House in London’s Hampstead, where the poet lived for less than two years, hardly long enough to leave a material impression on his surroundings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other technologies store heat differently, using solid materials inside insulated containers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scientists were unsure whether those dips were caused by dark spots on the star or by material orbiting nearby.

From Science Daily

At Common Sense Media, we have long warned that the issue is not the material users post but the very design of tech companies’ platforms.

From MarketWatch

The lender’s so-called Unite program is on time and on budget but Lyons points out that, with work to do, material execution risks persist.

From The Wall Street Journal