the raw

Example Sentences

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Cold gas serves as the raw fuel needed to create new stars.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Finding the raw materials is generally not hard, but separating them from other materials they’re bonded to is, and it’s that process that China largely dominates.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Jodar, who has the raw baseline power to trouble any opponent, plays American Alex Michelsen in the third round and would not face another seed in the last 16.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Abramson, who besides his work at Rand is board chair of SELAH, a Hollywood and Northeast L.A. homeless coalition, is using Rand’s methodology to produce estimates from the raw tallies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Later that afternoon Stella could hear the raw sounds of chopping and hacking, the pounding of ax against wood.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper