Thesaurus results for RAW MATERIAL

raw material

noun

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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Recent Examples of raw material Overall cost of cans is important to the fruit or vegetable plants, but a price increase for this raw material need not translate into checkout line shocks. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026 Sulfur is the raw material used to make sulfuric acid, essential to fertilizer production and nearly every major metallurgical process, including copper smelting and steel production. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026 Things like autobiographical memories, which form the raw material of identity. —

Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026 That said the raw materials are, and always have been there with Suarez. —

Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for raw material

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What was trashed and trampled had the potential to grow into thousands of pounds of food.

— Juli McDonald, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Pickett pitched Becherer on the potential of GPS technology to change agriculture.

— Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026