materiality
noun
ma·te·ri·al·i·ty
mə-ˌtir-ē-ˈa-lə-tē 
plural materialities
1
: the quality or state of being material
2
: something that is material
Examples of materiality in a Sentence
preferred a single materiality to a slew of hypotheticals
the materiality of that fact is not in dispute
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As an accountant and auditor with a background in housing advocacy, my oversight work is informed by financial materiality and community input.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
And the galleries as a whole are meant to have a permanence akin to The Met’s Egyptian galleries or its Greek and Roman ones, according to Bolton, who highlighted the materiality, plaster walls, beams and lighting that also project onto the ceiling for a cloud-like feel.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
This is a reminder that universalism, too, comes in many forms, spanning suffering as well as spirituality, materiality as well as metaphor.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The context is its materiality—modern concrete evokes something industrial and sparse, which both Simlai and Pfaff counteract with botanical elements and material mixing.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2026
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
And the galleries as a whole are meant to have a permanence akin to The Met’s Egyptian galleries or its Greek and Roman ones, according to Bolton, who highlighted the materiality, plaster walls, beams and lighting that also project onto the ceiling for a cloud-like feel.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
This is a reminder that universalism, too, comes in many forms, spanning suffering as well as spirituality, materiality as well as metaphor.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The context is its materiality—modern concrete evokes something industrial and sparse, which both Simlai and Pfaff counteract with botanical elements and material mixing.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for materiality
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“Materiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/materiality. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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