materialistic
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ennos is hard on the materialistic lifestyle, and this view can be defended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
"I always had these yearnings for a lifestyle that was different to the materialistic lifestyle," he explains.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025
He cares little about materialistic notions of success.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
I realized that I’d been pretty materialistic, a “living in the moment” kind of a thing and not really thinking much about the long term.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2024
We don’t have all of the materialistic riches we once had, but now we have something much more valuable than we had before.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Vocabulary lists containing materialistic
Material World: Shopping Lingo
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