raw material

Example Sentences

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"If the main raw material is disturbed, the whole industry is disturbed," Dulera told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Fuel and raw material shortages, chronic underinvestment and nationalisations have hollowed out the local economy.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Instead of releasing it into the atmosphere, it can be captured and turned into a valuable raw material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

The company is facing sharp price increases for the natural gas that it uses as a raw material to make fertilizer, its primary product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

He had seen plastic bowls and cups in museums, but the raw material lay all around them here.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer