unrefined
Example Sentences
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Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort to tackle anxieties over the supply of chemical fertilisers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
“They are little fiber bombs and great prebiotics, as well as a source of unrefined sugar.”
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
Mr. Yasunaga, however, forms his creations out of glaze and other ornaments, then buries the objects in sand or unrefined clay to fire them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The vast majority of Russia's oil exports are in the form of unrefined crude oil, which do not appear to have been impacted by the strikes.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
Swart was a young man, and I explained to him that brown rice was the unrefined rice kernel, and we used to eat it during the war when white rice was unavailable.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
