Agent and Material

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Material and agent are semantically related in substance topic. In some cases you can use "Material" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Agent and material are semantically related in substance topic. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Material".

human	human agent	human material
old	old agent	old material
good	good agent	good material
special	special agent	special material
Other adjectives: best, perfect, certain, top, actual, new, previous, biological.

The biological agent really just destroys synthetic material like clothing and Sagara just told Kaname to take off her clothes because he had a suspicion about the agent's properties.

Source: Dying Declaration of Love
This makes Farmer's approach that of representing literary agent material as a different literary agent.

Source: Literary Agent Hypothesis
A retiring CIA agent discovers material about a strange cult named SEELE, and tries to find out what they are planning.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Neon Genesis Evangelion AU

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