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  • noun Plural form of materiel.

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Examples

  • Floods and landslides in South Korea, a candlelight vigil for victims of the China bullet-train collision, a motorcycle made of recycle materiels, and more.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • I see now some manufacturers of one piece non-coated cleaning rods claim the coated ones actually might pick up particles of various materiels which stick to the coating and potentially harm your expensive barrel.

    I have used one piece Dewey cleaning rods for years and have no complaints. 2009

  • After handling and shooting it I was very much impressed with the workmanship, materiels, and design which created this masterpiece.

    The Hunter's Greatest Bathroom Book 2008

  • My push for free markets (and this isn't unique to me) is that it has the best proven track record of increasing wealth, decreasing poverty, raising the standard of living, and - most importantly, perhaps - optimizing human potential in production (whether of ideas, artistry, materiels, etc.)

    Vote the Bible James F. McGrath 2008

  • Saudi Arabia is a hellhole in almost every sense of the word, but remains a close "friend" of the United States (rather like the “friendship” between Foghorn Leghorn and the Dawg) even though they're pouring millions of dollars of war-making materiels to the Sunni minority in Iraq, who, in turn, use those materiels to kill our sons, our daughters, our neighbors, nieces, nephews and friends who serve in that misbegotten, benighted place.

    Daffy Duck Diplomacy 2007

  • And it's one of the reasons why we were so concerned that the -- that the briefing on these materiels be factual and -- and be able to be substantiated by evidence.

    CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2007 2007

  • But have we seen Iran having the nuclear materiels that can readily be used into a weapon?

    CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2007 2007

  • Tell Israel to obey the Geographic Boundaries of 1948, and no more aid to them or any other nation other than for Educational materiels, clean Water projects, Medicines, and medical supplies, food stuffs, and Loan Grants for public projects libraries, hospitals, etc.

    Think Progress » Sen. Brownback’s Solution For Iraq: ‘Park’ Cheney ‘In The Region’ 2006

  • But you're banking on this inspections to be the lock on materiels going out or coming in.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2006 2006

  • You're talking about the materiels that go into the precursor chemicals ...

    CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2003 2003

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