matériel
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accoutrements (or accouterments), apparatus, equipment, gear, hardware, kit [chiefly British], material(s), outfit, paraphernalia, stuff, tackle
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But after 40 years of cash and materiel shortages, the regime has learned how to wage imperialism on the cheap. — Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, "Tehran Counts on a Divided West," 12 Dec. 2018 But in the hands of Senate Democrats, this is one more bit of materiel flung at the other side. — Abigail Shrier, WSJ, "#MeToo Becomes a Political Ploy," 25 Sep. 2018 Great powers such as the U.S. must maintain domestic sources of supply for vital war materiel, such as steel and jet aircraft. — John Steele Gordon, WSJ, "The United States of Free Trade," 21 Sep. 2018 Some of the weapons shown have previously been described by U.N. weapons experts and an independent group called Conflict Armament Research, which gained access to the materiel through the UAE’s elite Presidential Guard. — Washington Post, "Saudi-led coalition displays Yemeni arms allegedly from Iran," 19 June 2018 Through one of its key front companies alone, the intelligence agency was responsible for roughly half of the country’s exports of arms and military materiel, Treasury officials said then. — Michael C. Bender, WSJ, "Trump Expects ‘Very Positive’ Special Delivery From North Korea," 1 June 2018 Its mssion was to train 30,000 merchant seamen for duty aboard vessels that, during wartime, delivered materiel to Allied forces. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "Earl P. Tuma, a former AT&T engineer who had second career as Orioles usher, dies," 19 May 2018 The World Food Program has established an air bridge, a costly undertaking but one that is essential for moving people and materiel into Bikoro. — Helen Branswell, STAT, "Experimental vaccine to be used against Ebola outbreak in the DRC," 13 May 2018 Mohammed afterward visited Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers against suspending any military materiel. — Noah Bierman, latimes.com, "Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince 'MBS' to push arms deals and challenge to Iran," 20 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'matériel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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