material success
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaterialandsuccess
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material
adjective
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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success
noun
uk/səkˈses/us/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofmaterialandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The present check to ourmaterialsuccessmust deeply stir our national conscience upon the purposes of life itself.
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References to the occupation andmaterialsuccessof the artist were significantly frequent during the 17th century.
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For chemical artisans, chemistry entailed a set of often tacit, applied skills and practical wisdom directed towardmaterialsuccessin fields ranging from dying to mining and metallurgy.
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By projecting such spiritual exertions abroad, this story brought back home and renegotiated questions of class, ambition, andmaterialsuccessin terms of nobility, heroism, and spiritual riches.
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As a minority group that accepted quick, often temporary, economic gains, they invested in immediatematerialsuccessto allay their anxieties in an uncertain post-war racial climate.
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That seems to be having somematerialsuccessboth in retaining and in attracting.
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Yet the effect of the whole is one of hugematerialsuccess.
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Ratepaying has become a hallmark ofmaterialsuccess, or, rather, mythologicalmaterialsuccess.
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We have colluded with its message of manliness and glamour, its indispensability to the good life andmaterialsuccess.
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They have scornedmaterialsuccess; they have sneered at profit.
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I think they believe that theirmaterialsuccesswill enable them to win in a peaceful competition.
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After a life in which they may feel that they have achieved some modestmaterialsuccess, they do not want to have nothing to leave to their children.
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We want to havematerialsuccess.
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A perfect understanding was maintained and fair play was meted out to those who work with their hands and who contribute to thematerialsuccessof the whole concern.
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We have, therefore, the context of a society which not only has those social problems but in whichmaterialsuccessis regarded as the object of life.
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A cross-section of people in each country were asked whether they worked, not so much for sustenance ormaterialsuccessbut to develop themselves and their quality of life.
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But, he felt that a page in his life had turned:materialsuccesswas assured, and it had only been a means to an end.
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She can also be a business woman, a patron of the arts, a provider, or one that works hard formaterialsuccess.
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A central theme of the novel is a secret shared by a small group of people who have found great spiritual andmaterialsuccess.
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By 1833, he was sufficiently satisfied with hismaterialsuccess.
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