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element

[el-uh-muhnt] / ˈɛl ə mənt /


NOUN
place where one feels comfortable
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
foreign land


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“It was a perfect storm for them to have this timeless album, but that element of danger intact. That’s the hardest thing for anyone to achieve,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The act's most controversial element - offering immunity from prosecution to suspects who cooperated with an information recovery body - was disapplied after being found by the courts to be unlawful.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The European Commission told AFP that "the fight against corruption is a key element for a country to be able to join the EU" after praising Albania's "tangible progress" in a report last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

That points to a key element of his leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Good soldier, I thought, taking advantage of the element of surprise.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

The project was funded by Croydon Council as a public asset, and a change in building regulations meant it "fought against five or six circumstantial elements beyond the normal challenges".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The prolific novelist and short-story writer Joyce Carol Oates introduces readers to Julia, one half of a couple whose long marriage has come to contain strange, submerged, undiscussable elements in “The Disappearing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Det Supt Ryan Chambers said the unit specialised in the most serious elements of criminality, targeting offenders and those in possession of firearms.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Samples from Chang'e-6 contain extremely low concentrations of rare earth elements and have lower thorium-to-samarium ratios, expressed as Th/Sm, than their Apollo counterparts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

He advocated teaching poor as well as rich children, breaking down a subject to its elements, and a broad, liberal education along with teacher training.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin


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