raw
Example Sentences
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Beijing’s stranglehold on rare-earth minerals sparked new efforts to produce the raw materials integral to cars and gadgets.
Certain products like green steel were touted as being a more climate-friendly alternative for manufacturers because the raw materials were less carbon intensive.
Mamikunian, on the other hand, believed the city was teeming with raw talent, but there was no place for it to develop.
From Los Angeles Times
Glowing Nebulae and Dark Cosmic Dust The scene is filled with enormous clouds of interstellar gas and dust, the raw ingredients needed to form stars.
From Science Daily
It is a busy, raw, unique, and fantastic spectacle.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.