as in cases
something that actually exists
preferred a single materiality to a slew of hypotheticals
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for materialities
Noun
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In some cases, actions of the British armed forces have been described as unjustified.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025 -
In many of these cases, individual players have got caught by highly sensitive algorithms put in place by the betting companies to detect unusual activity.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But there are political realities at play too, because reneging on deals could affect other foreign policy or economic priorities.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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If Just Kids is about innocence and ambition, Bread of Angels—a sister to that book, Smith told me—deals with the more painful realities of experience.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even leaving these facts aside, neither the doctrinaire socialism nor militant Islam have ever improved any place on earth, and New York City will not be the first.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Once a workplace romance becomes public, emotion lingers longer than facts, and rumors can travel faster than truth.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Materialities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materialities. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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