materials
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Next, there needs to be a long-term plan to ensure building materials’ emissions are reduced, said Will DiMaggio, who works in the climate unit of the NYC Mayor’s Office.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The port's customs office said in a statement carried by state television that the explosion probably resulted from a fire that broke out at the hazardous and chemical materials' storage depot.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
Weissmann agreed, saying that a lack of understanding of what prompts someone to share classified intelligence with the U.S. is what leads a person to disregard the materials' safeguarding.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024
They then developed histograms of local strain amplitudes by utilizing the local strains extracted from the 3D reconstructed images of the materials' internal structures.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
‘Optical glass is the mule of materials’, comments a recent writer with sincerity.
From The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work by Yates, L. K.
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