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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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With demand for property investment loans waning, the MS analysts also caution that a material shift in operating conditions would increase the risk of earnings downgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

From the US perspective, a senior administrative official told the BBC the Iran deal included the expectation that nuclear material was destroyed and removed and the nuclear program dismantled.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The team decided to remove filling from previous restoration work, replacing it by mixtures of lime and sand that more closely resembled the original material used by Giotto.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Her research, focused on soft condensed matter, has been seeking a comprehensive theory to explain the curious elasticity of such material.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

After a while, they will give up trying to reach the material altogether.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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