variants or materiel

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Recent Examples of matériel Some want Russia not to fail—a nuanced but important difference—and some simply want to exploit Russia’s reliance on their money and materiel. Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024 The advance of Moscow’s forces, which control just under a fifth of Ukraine, has underlined Russia’s vast superiority in men and materiel as Ukraine pleads for more weapons from the Western allies that have been supporting it. Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024 And Chinese companies quickened their supply of the machines, microelectronics, and other dual-use items Russia needed to churn out weapons, munitions, and other materiel. Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024 In the decade following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the Department of Defense provided $1.7 billion in materiel and counterinsurgency support to sympathetic Latin American armies in an effort to prop up pro-Washington administrations and win local hearts and minds. Paul J. Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2024 Russia had reached the peak of its materiel advantage, so the risk of a major Russian breakthrough was decreasing, and Moscow could have been held to incremental gains. Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024 For decades, Washington has insisted that European states purchase materiel from the United States and avoid procuring forces that duplicate those of the United States. Justin Logan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024 Withdrawing troops and materiel, the tangible expression of U.S. leadership, would accelerate this process by requiring European states to bear responsibility for their defense and preventing them from continuing to lean on the United States. Justin Logan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024 Meanwhile, the Kremlin has been pouring mercenaries, proxies, and materiel into Libya for the past six months, adding to its already sizable presence in that country. Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matériel
Noun
  • For football: No protective equipment may be worn during practice; and there may be no conditioning activities.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Maybe even a yoga session where the instructor brings the equipment and drives to meet you.
    David Kubes, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Since the launch of their life-altering apparatus in 1903, airplanes have come a long way.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Longer term, the law aims to undo a U.N. apparatus that Israel has regarded as problematic ever since it was established to provide for the needs of the 700,000 Palestinian refugees who were pushed off the land that became Israel.
    Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Swamp Thing is a TV series for lovers of trash with cult followings, the stuff midnight marathons are made of.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Now people from all over the world send me their stuff.
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024

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“Matériel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mat%C3%A9riel. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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