raw materials
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Yemeni authorities seized tools, testing equipment and raw materials, including the ablative material which protects sections of the missile from the intense heat produced by a ballistic missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
These structures, called protoplanetary disks, provide the raw materials from which planets develop.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
All four companies announced increases, citing the rising cost of raw materials as well as other factors such as energy and transportation.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It’s about his obsession with “Minecraft,” the immensely popular video sandbox game that takes place in a world of 3D cubes representing raw materials such as wood, ores, stone and dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Bones of domestic animals were important raw materials for artifacts of Neolithic peoples before the development of metallurgy.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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