Material
Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.
Papers and material are semantically related. in background topic. In some cases you can use "Papers" instead a noun "Material".
Papers
Papers noun - Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
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Rommel did plan a book on tank tactics, but it was never completed; much of the material which was intended to go into it is available in The Rommel Papers.
Source: Film / Patton - Head size also affects how much material is needed to make a hat compared to the rest of one's clothing, which in turn affects to what extent a hat can be used for carrying things (for example, Abraham Lincoln often carried papers in his top hat) or as a weapon.
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Note that some works are openly intended to hammer home points, and are essentially teaching material in literary form: fairy tales, religious works, and position papers of all sorts may be heavy-handed, but that doesn't make them anvilicious.
Source: Anvilicious
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Papers and Material. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/papers
Material & Papers. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/papers>.
Papers or Material. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/material/papers.
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