raw material

Example Sentences

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"Our raw material, our gold, our copper, goes to other countries... we are experiencing misery."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

On Tuesday, Israel's state comptroller released a scathing report accusing successive governments of neglecting domestic weapons production and failing to maintain critical raw material reserves.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Continental CON 1.86%increase; green up pointing triangle reported a drop in sales for the first quarter and said that there would be a delayed effect from recent changes in raw material prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

It helps, I’ve found, to think about it less as “leftovers” and more as raw material.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende