material goods
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Total remittances and material goods to the island amounted to $3 billion last year, according to Emilio Morales of the Havana Consulting Group, a Miami-based market-intelligence firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
About one-third pointed to spending on experiences, and 13% chose spending on material goods.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
As Bob Batchelor wrote in his paper "Advertising in the 1920s," most Americans both had more financial success than they had in the previous decade and increasingly equated material goods with personal success.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2023
These shoes are more than just material goods.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022
Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
