as in potential
the basic elements from which something can be developed
Canada now converts most of its raw materials into manufactured goods such as automobiles and auto parts
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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.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
As per the plan, Moncler achieved the traceability of strategic raw materials, and this also enabled more precise assessment and management of CO2 emissions, biodiversity, water and social impacts of sourcing.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Climate change presents serious challenges for the American whiskey industry, impacting weather patterns and the availability of raw materials.
—Rachel King, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Walz had undermined his own access to raw materials, but his project had already succeeded, in the way that art often does, at drawing attention to the overlooked.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
As per the plan, Moncler achieved the traceability of strategic raw materials, and this also enabled more precise assessment and management of CO2 emissions, biodiversity, water and social impacts of sourcing.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Climate change presents serious challenges for the American whiskey industry, impacting weather patterns and the availability of raw materials.
—Rachel King, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Walz had undermined his own access to raw materials, but his project had already succeeded, in the way that art often does, at drawing attention to the overlooked.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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