variants
or materiel
as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
the army is running short of clothing and other matériel
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Recent Examples of matériel
Under the current system, in which countries compete with one another for parts and supplies—thereby driving up the prices of defense materiel—Europe will fail.
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Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
The inescapable conclusion is that mass—that is, having more forces or materiel than an enemy—is important.
—Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
The Russian armed forces have burned through much of the materiel inherited from the Soviet era; thousands of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery pieces, and other military equipment have been destroyed in Ukraine.
—Andrew Kosenko, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025
Abu Anwar, a 30-year-old official with the new government, came with a team of rebels to inspect the site for materiel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
These countries will soon face the dual pressure of funding Ukraine’s war effort and recovery while replacing their own expended war materiel.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
Amid the grinding attrition the huge Russian army has used to eke out territorial gains in eastern Ukraine, sabotage and assassinations have been two of the unconventional methods Ukraine has deployed to score morale-boosting wins and avoid burning through its limited troops and materiel.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
And the Ukraine war is already a global affair, as international partners support either side with personnel and materiel.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Part of the foundation for the success of HTS and its allies has been laid over the past four years, with the group investing in professionalizing its forces and buying materiel such as drones, analysts say.
—Ammar Cheikh Omar, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
The inescapable conclusion is that mass—that is, having more forces or materiel than an enemy—is important.
—Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
The Russian armed forces have burned through much of the materiel inherited from the Soviet era; thousands of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery pieces, and other military equipment have been destroyed in Ukraine.
—Andrew Kosenko, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025
Abu Anwar, a 30-year-old official with the new government, came with a team of rebels to inspect the site for materiel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
These countries will soon face the dual pressure of funding Ukraine’s war effort and recovery while replacing their own expended war materiel.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
Amid the grinding attrition the huge Russian army has used to eke out territorial gains in eastern Ukraine, sabotage and assassinations have been two of the unconventional methods Ukraine has deployed to score morale-boosting wins and avoid burning through its limited troops and materiel.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
And the Ukraine war is already a global affair, as international partners support either side with personnel and materiel.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Part of the foundation for the success of HTS and its allies has been laid over the past four years, with the group investing in professionalizing its forces and buying materiel such as drones, analysts say.
—Ammar Cheikh Omar, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matériel
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Join 709 others in the comments View Comments That includes, among others, toys, communication equipment such as smartphones, computers and a wide range of other consumer electronics.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, when optimal maintenance and upgrade schedules aren’t maintained, critical equipment can fail.—
Julian Durand,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Rather than depict cryptocurrency, electronic surveillance, data privacy or endless swiping, Kraftwerk primarily showed graphics and apparatus tied to the early ’80s, the era when these songs debuted.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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But Texas’s decision to deny an offer of help from the top federal health official during a deadly measles outbreak suggests that not everyone in the nation’s public-health apparatus is ready to fall in line behind Kennedy’s unfounded claims.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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All of this stuff goes back to last year’s legal challenge against the legality of the Premier League’s APT regulations, which was, legally, entirely separate to the ongoing saga related to the 130 charges against City.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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This is stuff that happens in our business all the time.—
Fred Bronson,
Billboard,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Matériel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mat%C3%A9riel. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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