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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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By sequencing genetic material preserved inside ancient teeth, the researchers reconstructed bacterial genomes and identified previously unknown early strains of plague.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

O’Herlihy employed color, material and texture with unusual force, creating an unapologetic civic presence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

That highly technical document restricted Iran's stockpile of nuclear material to 300kg and said it could not enrich its uranium above 3.67% for 15 years.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Neither he nor any of his Coben cohort—Ms. Lower, Ms. Stowe, Erin Richards, Clancy Brown—are doing much with the material, but the material isn’t much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The ceiling was made of some kind of translucent material so the whole warehouse was bright.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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