raw materials
Example Sentences
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Japan doesn’t want its currency to keep weakening because a weaker yen makes Japanese imports — everything from oil and food to raw materials — more expensive in local currency.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
"Secondly, there is a danger that policymakers will approve the premature exploitation of raw materials on planets, with the risk of irreversibly destroying unnoticed life."
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
The companies are suspected of inflating ice cream prices beyond increases in the cost of raw materials, even as the country faces a hot summer with record high temperatures.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
"We're in a whole new era," French expert Philippe Chalmin of the raw materials consulting group Cyclope said this month in presenting its annual market outlook, an industry reference.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
After bringing slaves to the Americas, the last leg saw the ships return to Europe with raw materials or finished products, such as rum and molasses.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
