material goods
Example Sentences
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The construction projects are likely funded by an economic revival that has pumped cash, financial resources and material goods into the regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
About one-third pointed to spending on experiences, and 13% chose spending on material goods.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
Giving Tuesday’s arrival days after Thanksgiving and Black Friday snaps us out of the funk brought on by consumption of food and material goods at peak levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
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
But others who study consumer behavior say that the wanting and getting of material goods is not just a competitive exercise.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
