explicit material

collocation in English

meaningsofexplicitandmaterial

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explicit
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/us
/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/
clear ...
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material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofexplicitandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexplicit material

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Inappropriate images should not be used nor shouldexplicitmaterialnot directly related to explanation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Quite clearly, there may beexplicitmaterialproduced by local authorities to help them fight the spread of disease.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But the protection of children and shielding them from obscene andexplicitmaterialis a quite different matter.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Those who wantedexplicitmaterialwould be able to get it and the rest of the public would be spared offence.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are not very full: they are almost like the kind of open,explicitmaterialwe get from this lot publicly.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Some seriousexplicitmaterialis appearing on the grubby shelves of book shops.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, there are a few stories containingexplicitmaterialstill exist and have yet to be removed.
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Wikipedia
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A much greater range ofexplicitmaterialbecame available in the years which followed.
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