materialistic
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In drafting it, Thomas Jefferson chose not to include property as a natural right alongside life and liberty, substituting the less materialistic “pursuit of Happiness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
He prefers giving flowers, describing the idea of gifting money as "materialistic".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
The production by the late director Michael Cavanagh, which comes courtesy of San Francisco Opera, is indeed materialistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
Later they turn to kingly and materialistic protections against their wandering.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
I think it flattered him that I enjoyed his classes so much I take them for no materialistic reason like credit and an A, but for the sheer beauty of chemistry itself.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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