raw material

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Higher prices pushed chocolatiers to use ingredients other than cocoa or develop the raw material in labs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The problem for data geeks like Savouri, however, and for investors, is the increasingly unreliable raw material that governments are providing them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

This gas acts as the raw material for building new stars.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The man realized that the animals on Salatin’s farm were not being treated like unfeeling raw material, but like living creatures.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan