materials handling

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noun

the loading, unloading, and movement of goods, as within a factory or warehouse, especially by the aid of mechanical devices.

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Origin of materials handling

First recorded in 1920–25

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materiality, materialize, materially, material mode, materials, materials handling, materials science, materia medica, matériel, maternal, maternal dystocia

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How do you find the materials, and how do you manage to get them across New York to the sites?
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But none of them managed to be able to acquire the weapons or the bomb materials to carry out either event.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.
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“Our volunteers donate their time, materials, and use of their 3-D printers to create them,” Jen Owen, a member of e-NABLE, said.
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics|Lucy Vernasco|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The collective stresses that it has no intentions of museum-izing the materials it has gathered.
The Monuments Men of Occupy Hong Kong|Brendon Hong|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Wait a minute 'ere,” said Mr. Levi, and he went into the room beyond this, where she knew there were writing materials.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He uses the red pipe-stone and other materials in the production of his pipes, which are ingenious specimens of sculpture.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
All the details of scroll carving by Stradivari at this period are marvels of mechanical dexterity of handling.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
In Europe they are made of the most costly materials, and studded with the rarest gems.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The strangest materials were used in their construction; the public taste leaning towards relics possessing historical interest.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

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