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- adverb In a
materialistic manner.
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- adverb in a materialistic manner
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Examples
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But before the narrator dies, he asserts the pessimist's creed: life, which must be viewed materialistically, is futile and meaningless:
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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I knew that, materialistically speaking, I had everything I had ever desired but that it wasn't enough.
Gary J. McDonald: Why We Need God Gary J. McDonald 2011
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This means we have to look at life differently—more thoughtfully and less materialistically.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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Putting the kingdom of God first can be the most difficult thing in the world to do, especially for materialistically minded Americans.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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This means we have to look at life differently—more thoughtfully and less materialistically.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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I knew that, materialistically speaking, I had everything I had ever desired but that it wasn't enough.
Gary J. McDonald: Why We Need God Gary J. McDonald 2011
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"So my goal materialistically was I wanted two American Express cards."
Herman Cain's Political Education Douglas A. Blackmon 2011
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Science – when interpreted materialistically – can tell us that there is intentionality in nature but it cannot tell us how it got there.
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I can remember reaching the point with the pots that I decided there were enough objects taking up space in the world and went back to words as more ecologically and materialistically sound.
readers respond | wyeth & peterson « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Putting the kingdom of God first can be the most difficult thing in the world to do, especially for materialistically minded Americans.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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