raw material
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"You can think of it as the first step in a chain reaction: Physical stress unlocks the raw material, oxidative stress drives the conversion, and DHRS7 amplifies the signal."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
These are pre-production plastic pellets, about the size of a lentil, which are used as the raw material to manufacture nearly all everyday plastic goods.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Excluding crude energy, the data agency’s raw material price index fell 0.4% from the month before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The raw material for this enterprise is a 2012 tweet by El-Sayed’s half-sister describing a conversation with their mother about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the early 1970s.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The Chancellor couldn’t think of anything specific for me to do,” she chirps in a high squeaky voice, “so I will be looking for raw material for nanotech. Do you know anything about carbon nanotubes?”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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