source material

noun

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

Example Sentences

Reimagining source material from Virgil, Homer, Euripides and others, Haynes delivers a sparkling narrative about the Trojan War that will appeal to fans of “Game of Thrones” as well as die-hard mythology nerds.

From Washington Post

While the Netflix adaptation does not strictly follow its source material, it stays true to the evolution of both characters as described in the novel.

From Time

Since ProPublica was founded, we have believed in the power of primary source material, and data, as evidence.

From ProPublica

The Blade called it a strong adaptation that “preserved in full” the “strength and dignity” of the source material.

From Washington Blade

Unreal Engine 5 can take source material like CAD data or a 3D model and render those objects in real time after just one upload.

From Popular-Science

They had a freak-out moment and destroyed some source material.

From The Daily Beast

The Killing was a pale shadow of its Scandinavian source material.

From The Daily Beast

If anything it's staying true to the spirit of the source material.

From The Daily Beast

Thankfully Glazer peeled off from the source material—he told me that his co-writer Walter Campbell never even read the book.

From The Daily Beast

The way that this scene was designed and executed is called into further question when compared to its source material.

From The Daily Beast

Literature was growing into an important culture, and we have much more source material.

From Project Gutenberg

For her information the writer has depended almost entirely upon source material, seldom making use of a secondary work.

From Project Gutenberg

We should have the story of the Forty-seven Ronin, not a Japanese stage version, but a work from the source-material.

From Project Gutenberg

Whitman College is to be congratulated for giving the Northwest this interesting piece of source material.

From Project Gutenberg

The quality of the illustrations is limited due to the low resolution of the source material.

From Project Gutenberg