How to Use raw material in a Sentence

raw material

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  • His experiences during the war were the raw material for the story.
  • That's largely due to the high cost of the raw materials to make the battery.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The raw material, called hurd, is the inner, woody core of the hemp plant, chipped into small pieces.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The latter is a way for readers to connect with the raw materials that the essences come from.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine has sparked fears of a fall in raw material exports from the region.
    — Anna Cooban and Inke Kappeler, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The name Matiere Premiere translates to ‘raw material,’ which is the uniting theme in the line.
    — Sable Yong, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The bad news is the next shortage of a key raw material could already be on its way.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Use them for mulch in the shrub border or as raw material for the compost pile.
    — ExpressNews.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The raw material changed and the winemakers had to adapt on how to handle that fruit and how to ferment it.
    — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • It is made from the same raw materials as tequila and mixed up in the same part of Mexico.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Those raw materials were the feedstock of tons of concrete, used to build roads.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
  • The monetary base, which is the raw material from which dollars are made, has jumped over 50% in the past 12 months.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The secret, though, was the raw material of sound, his tone, his way of finding a life-force in every note.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • And some raw material shortages may lead paint producers to up their prices at least through the end of the year.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Nike and Adidas and the other sneaker makers, of course, provide the raw material that is at the heart of the business.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2022
  • That cuts down e-waste and potentially even the need to mine for as much raw material.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The shells of oysters, shucked or slurped at the city’s restaurants, are the raw material for this bulwark against waves, storms and rising seas.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • And that can result in a tonal jumble like Loot, which feels like a lot of great raw material in search of a series to make sense of it all(*).
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2022
  • That said, of the top 10 exports, only one is truly a raw material: Oil.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • The process of selecting the next pope is not the raw material of a traditional thriller.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The leaves can by recycled as mulch or raw material for the compost pile.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The Spanish came to the New World in search of gold, Russians for pelts, others for spices, raw materials, fishing grounds, etc., etc.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In addition to all that news comes the raw material that makes the news happen: music.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The brand’s website lists the exact percentages of raw materials used in each scent.
    — Jane Daly, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2023
  • Clay is the medium most often encountered in Leigh’s art, whether in glazed form or as the raw material for works then cast in bronze.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • Before the war, roughly half its raw materials, like meat and chicken meal, came from abroad.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Piantedosi cited the Golden Gloss raw material from Lyons as the root cause of the recall.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The shutdown may push up the cost of the raw material, which is a key component in electric car batteries.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Halting activities in Delhi would in turn mean stopping the purchase of sand from Bihar as well as cement and raw materials from another part of India, which would then impact the labor and efficiency levels in those states.
    — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Grant’s order responded to an unsettling economic reality: Despite the war raging around them, Southern planters still wanted to sell their cotton, and Northern mills still wanted raw material to make into textiles and garments.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024

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