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rawness

  • a word derived from raw.
    raw
    adjective
    uncooked, as articles of food.

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Mr. Mattei’s velvety baritone brings rawness, lyricism, and even a bit of falsetto to the unfolding of Lincoln’s pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I liked the intimacy and the rawness of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"Humanity promised itself, in the rawness of that grief, that it would not face such a day again unprepared."

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

He will face scrutiny over his perceived rawness, but Chelsea will point to the fact he has more experience than Maresca when the Italian was appointed in 2024.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

We wished we were back in the mountains but the spring weather lasted only a few days and then the cold rawness of the breaking-up of winter came again.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway