the raw
Example Sentences
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“It’s just you and the raw nature. That’s what people are looking for these days—these unique experiences that are harder and harder to get.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
What one strategist argues, therefore, is that investors should plow capital into the energy stocks providing the raw materials that technology stocks desperately require to grow.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
A year later, the bill is still being processed, but I’m on track to see a $200 reduction in the raw bill.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026
Some 20% of the world's oil trade, the raw ingredient for producing both petrol and diesel, has been halted by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
