material goods
Example Sentences
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“Historically, during periods of duress, societies turn to material goods instead of cash.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
While the relationship between money and happiness is typically framed as a choice between spending on material goods or spending on experiences, many Americans are expressing a different desire for their money: saving more.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 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
In addition to the shipment of material goods like agricultural products, precious metals, and spices, the transportation of enslaved people was also facilitated along Islamic trading routes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The relative lack of material goods has led some to regard these groups as exemplifying an ethic of living lightly on the land.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
