raw materials

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The U.S. submarine campaign against Japan offers another comparison: It strangled Tokyo’s economy and war effort by destroying the shipping that carried fuel, food and raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

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

In Latin silva is a wood but also the collection of raw materials needed for a building.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton