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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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Only 10 minutes in and Rush could go anywhere, into nearly 50 years of material.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Groups of all ages converged on the city centre to the sound of drums and guitars, with hardy pilgrims lugging rucksacks and camping material on their backs.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

By carefully engineering the atomic interactions where two materials come into contact, the team was able to significantly alter the properties of a metallic material.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Fun fact: The Bourdain estate has approved director Matt Johnson’s take on the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

A moral pessimist, von Wright questioned whether the material and technological advances of modern society could really be considered “progress” at all.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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