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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be material to" is a grammatically correct and usable construction in written English
It means to be relevant or important to a particular situation or outcome. Example: The evidence presented in court today will be material to the defendant's case, as it directly supports their alibi.
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The problem with proving materiality is that the information must be material to a particular security, so the question is, "Material as to what?" In the typical insider trading case, the information impacts a specific company, or at least a particular industry.
A Navistar spokesman, Roy Wiley, said the compensation would not be material to Navistar's results.
"These changes are not projected to be material to the company's future results," it added.
Terms were not disclosed, but Lockheed said the transaction would not be material to the company.
The law requires that information be "material" to constitute illegal insider trading.
"There is an issue as to whether this would be material to a reasonable shareholder," he said.
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"It's material to investors".
For her, everything, including her own work, is material to be organised, ordered, presented.
"Whatever they lied to the Fed about is material to the California case," he said.
Present in the book, though, is material to build a better pigeonhole.
But that's only true if the statement was material to the market".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com