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
Sources told Fox 8 that bomb-making materials were found at the rental property.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Smart storage and tech Despite those materials, the ZDX does have a bunch of places to store your small gear besides the wireless phone charger spot.
—Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Instead, most of the influence matter has had on these photons comes from materials inside a galaxy—either the galaxy that hosts the source or within our own Milky Way.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
The house blends into its surroundings by using materials like river rocks and giant boulders that double as walls, barriers and volumes.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Reading scales categorize texts by difficulty, allowing educators to match students with appropriate materials.
—Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Bomb-making materials have been recovered at Jabbar's Houston home, sources confirmed to ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Congress required that any materials received by states be used to maintain current border barriers.
—Ayden Runnels, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Dec. 2024
Brands trust Salt Paper Studio for their expertise in creating advertising content, from in-store signage and point-of-purchase materials to social media ads and multiple digital assets.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Smart storage and tech Despite those materials, the ZDX does have a bunch of places to store your small gear besides the wireless phone charger spot.
—Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Instead, most of the influence matter has had on these photons comes from materials inside a galaxy—either the galaxy that hosts the source or within our own Milky Way.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
The house blends into its surroundings by using materials like river rocks and giant boulders that double as walls, barriers and volumes.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Reading scales categorize texts by difficulty, allowing educators to match students with appropriate materials.
—Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Bomb-making materials have been recovered at Jabbar's Houston home, sources confirmed to ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Congress required that any materials received by states be used to maintain current border barriers.
—Ayden Runnels, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Dec. 2024
Brands trust Salt Paper Studio for their expertise in creating advertising content, from in-store signage and point-of-purchase materials to social media ads and multiple digital assets.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for materials
Noun
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The food bank also used $1 million of the donation to purchase new equipment, including two generators and two tractor trailers for carrying perishables, and has spent about $3 million on improving the food bank's facility in Laredo, Texas.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Rosemount data center The $800 million data center, which will be used to store, collect and process computing and networking equipment, is currently being constructed on a 280-acre parcel of UMore Park near Dakota County Technical College.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
19 Feb. 2025
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Someone actually patented oxygen production from ilmenite back in the 1970s, and two hardware prototypes have been developed, one of which may be sent to the Moon on a future NASA mission.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
17 Feb. 2025
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But Meta’s latest expansion into consumer hardware with its Ray-Ban smart glasses shows promise.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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But the ballplayer stuff, that was just icing on the cake.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Then, two days later, the stuff about him having a restraining order came out.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Materials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/materials. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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