Thesaurus results for MATERIAL(S)

materials

noun

plural of material

as in equipment

items needed for the performance of a task or activity I have all the materials to build the mobile

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Recent Examples of materials EnerVenue re-engineered it with low-cost materials for use on Earth. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026 To circumvent these challenges, aerospace engineers and scientists plan to practice In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), the use of materials already found on the planet. — New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026 Prices for luxury watch materials, especially gold, have also skyrocketed, adding to production costs. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 Cachepots tend to be made of upscale materials like glass, metal, pottery, or ceramic. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026 It’s also often considered a more eco-friendly alternative to synthetic materials. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026 The exterior is clad in glass and limestone that reflects the predominant materials on Northwestern’s nearby campus. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 In effect, thousands of tons of materials that were never intended to be inhaled were crushed, burned, aerosolized and deposited across a densely populated urban area. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Compost materials, rich in organic matter, may be used to topdress all types of lawn soil. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

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Also, many ingredients for the final material still have to come from Earth, requiring the transport of hundreds of tons of cargo and equipment to Mars over several months.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
Ahead of this storm, Formica said workers secured dock lines, moved loose items and equipment out of harm’s way and parked the marina’s trucks and forklifts at the highest point of the property.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of equipment

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So too, the lock-detail loafers, which draw on the hardware of Mulberry’s bags and — considering the amount of loafers on fashion editors’ feet — are sure to be a commercial hit.

— Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Given the pace of model development, buying dedicated hardware for most AI workloads can create unnecessary rigidity.

— Ameya Kanitkar, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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But he and the offensive line were demoralized on a pair of run-stuffs.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
The first clues came in the 1970s, when Jacob Bekenstein and Stephen Hawking calculated the entropy of black holes — typically a measure of how much stuff fits inside an object.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

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