as in philistine
a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture a materialist who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
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Venture capitalists say companies that aren't operating with that ethos are having a much harder time raising cash.—
Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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Venture capitalist Ethan Agarwal launched a primary challenge against Khanna, accusing him of prioritizing future presidential ambitions over his district’s interests.— Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Executives at NBCUniversal frame Bravo as a brand that represents a particular type of lowbrow-highbrow reality TV, and that even if the channel vanished, the brand could live on.— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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That balance of high- and lowbrow is absent in The Abandons.— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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There’s some Streisand, too, and a big dose of Andrea Martin, specifically Martin’s signature SCTV character Edith Prickley, that bawdy, gawdy ham with all the bravado of a Catskills clown.— Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
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Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Materialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/materialist. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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