as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
untreated wool
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Recent Examples of untreated
In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a contagious respiratory disease that typically begins with common cold symptoms and then worsens if left untreated.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025
Mouse models also showed an increase in recovery with Thiorphan compared with untreated animals, and even more so when Thiorphan was combined with a neural stem cell implant.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
His process involved mapping the sun’s path, calculating angles, sketching outlines, and planning how light would travel across the surface, before burning the image onto a piece of untreated wood.
—Time Pr, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a contagious respiratory disease that typically begins with common cold symptoms and then worsens if left untreated.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025
Mouse models also showed an increase in recovery with Thiorphan compared with untreated animals, and even more so when Thiorphan was combined with a neural stem cell implant.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
His process involved mapping the sun’s path, calculating angles, sketching outlines, and planning how light would travel across the surface, before burning the image onto a piece of untreated wood.
—Time Pr, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untreated
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Under the new terms of the license, Chevron was authorized to pay fees and royalties to Venezuela in oil but not in cash, effectively reducing Chevron’s crude exports from the country by half, according to Reuters.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Jet fuels and other petroleum products are refined from crude oil, and contain chemicals that are toxic to humans when inhaled.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Raw honey is honey in its most unprocessed state and contains what would otherwise be filtered out or inactivated by heat, like antioxidants, enzymes, pollen, and microbes.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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The mechanism that agricultural commissioners for Yuba and Sutter counties have at their disposal to curb theft is the annual walnut-buying period that establishes time frames and documentation requirements for buying and selling unprocessed walnuts.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With the climate crisis only deepening each year, throwing natural cycles and seasons into disarray, Japan is now bracing for future spikes in human-bear encounters each fall and spring.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Systems to better protect oceans, coastal marshes and mangroves will also be on the agenda, as well as an emphasis on the indigenous people who live on and manage much of the world’s natural places.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Russia has put great efforts into developing economic ties and supply chains with China and could become another supplier to the country, which has been importing an increasing amount of raw rare earths from the likes of Myanmar, Malaysia and Laos, for the processing stage of production.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Nuts available raw or roasted include macadamias, peanuts, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and pine nuts.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
10 Nov. 2025
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This native broadleaf evergreen boasts glossy green foliage year-round accented by fragrant spring blooms and blue-black winter berries that provide a feast for songbirds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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According to an indictment unsealed Sunday in federal court in Brooklyn, Clase and Ortiz helped bettors from their native Dominican Republic win in-game prop bets on pitch speed and outcome by throwing certain pitches slower and down in the dirt, well out of the strike zone.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Untreated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untreated. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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