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source material

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noun

  1. original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.


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Villarreal: There’s an overwhelming amount of source material from the Kennedy side, but less so on Carolyn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The goal for “Wishbone” was to make these stories accessible for children, paying homage to the source material, while aiming to instill young viewers with the interest to pick up the books themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Matthew White and Howard Jacques’s stage-musical take on the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film, captured for this ‘Great Performances’ program on PBS, fails to achieve the irresistible charm of its source material.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Those vignettes became source material for her new music.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

As source material, they mined the roster of National Research Fellows.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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