raw material
Example Sentences
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As with locations and production design, Ellis’ novel provided much of the raw material the costume department needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The material is difficult to shape, expensive to produce, and often requires more raw material than ultimately ends up in the finished component.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
"But we are actively in discussion with paper manufacturers about how they can produce a raw material in a way that makes it easy to bond."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems -- and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The factory farms take the raw material, corn, and turn it into another product—meat.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
