materials

plural of material

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Recent Examples of materials Families can also participate in daily arts and crafts sessions, with materials provided on request and staff on hand to help kids create their own souvenirs. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026 The team says understanding why the impurities do not prevent the formation of high-quality pyrite could help guide the development of similar materials from abundant resources. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 The campaign did not use permanent paint or materials intended to damage public property. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 At its core, the Max 4 combines a massive build volume with a high-temperature extruder, a heated bed, and an actively heated chamber designed for high-temperature materials such as ABS, ASA, nylon, and carbon-fiber composites. Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 Accordingly, Daytrip created a subtle dialogue between eras, textures, and materials within the home. Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2026 New materials are from renowned brands like Koi, POSCA, and Staedtler—you’ll even find Iwata airbrush machines available at Michaels. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026 Debris Tree limbs, broken glass, metal, trash, or other materials could fall into or around the water during a storm. Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2026 Between ammonia’s grease-cutting agents and baking soda’s natural abrasiveness, this method is perfect for all tub materials except acrylic ones. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for materials
Noun
  • Millions of dollars in agricultural equipment are stored beneath the lower seating bowl.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Hana reported that plainclothes agents confiscated phones and electronic equipment and that Seyedabdollahi was subsequently held in solitary confinement and at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence detention facility in Isfahan.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There are signs that domestic hardware is beginning to take a larger role.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The effort aims to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for hyperscalers, frontier AI labs and enterprises to build out data centers and acquire Nvidia hardware.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The friction is when this starts taking place in smaller resorts, luxury trains, yachts, and where the clientele is specifically paying super high prices to avoid this stuff.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • This is stuff that these guys have been saying on the record very explicitly for decades.
    Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Materials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materials. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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