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materials

British  
/ məˈtɪərɪəlz /

plural noun

  1. the equipment necessary for a particular activity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Laycock will also help to train colleagues on the use of AI and develop teaching materials which can be used by other schools.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The company makes autonomous industrial robots aimed at automating repetitive manual tasks like stacking pallets and weighing raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Nvidia and other AI stocks are supporting the S&P 500, while strategists also see opportunities in energy, transportation and materials.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

His research centers on metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are crystalline, porous materials with structures that can be carefully customized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Twig rifled through our egg-building materials and stuffed one of the giant marshmallows in her drink, and Dari and I followed suit.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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