raw material
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The raw material for this enterprise is a 2012 tweet by El-Sayed’s half-sister describing a conversation with their mother about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the early 1970s.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Alumina is a substance extracted from bauxite ore that is mainly used as the raw material to smelt aluminum metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Besides a growing reliance on inputs and raw material, Chinese imports to India are also being propelled by other macroeconomic trends.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Gas giants like Jupiter must assemble their massive atmospheres while the disk is still substantial enough to supply them, before winds and jets carry that raw material away into space."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
After half an hour the sun shone again and the grocer's automobile rounded Gatsby's drive with the raw material for his servants' dinner--I felt sure he wouldn't eat a spoonful.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
![]()
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word