How to Use raw material in a Sentence

raw material

noun
  • 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 raw material is transformed into a very thin and long fiber that is the basis of the cupro yarn.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Meanwhile on YouTube, a video promoted the sale of raw materials to make the drug.
    Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • Some of that is attributed to the rise in raw material prices of copper, nickel and zinc.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • That said, of the top 10 exports, only one is truly a raw material: Oil.
    Ken Roberts, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • That means no more air traffic, boats or trains are going out, and raw material can't get out of the country.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2020
  • 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 brewer blamed the biggest jump in raw material costs in a decade for last year’s performance.
    Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • Over the past 10 to 15 years, the industry has been putting the impacts of denim—from the raw materials that are being used, like cotton, to finishing—under great scrutiny.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Only after the process is complete will the nutrients within compost be available for plant roots to absorb, since the microbes convert them into a plant-usable form from the raw materials put into the pile.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025

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