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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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“That dangerous element has been missing from music for so long. To have any element of danger around a beautiful record — that’s the trick,” Jennings said.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

“Some element of subscription optimization will happen,” Jaipuri said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Your mama is always okay, Moss. She’s in her natural element in there.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

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

Either Mg-suite magmas formed on the far side without substantial involvement from KREEP-rich material, or the layer containing these elements developed unevenly across the Moon, leaving the two hemispheres with different chemical compositions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Produced with outlaw-country superstar Shooter Jennings, Twin Temple nails the midcentury “countrypolitan” mood when the genre adapted to pop and took on elements of R&B, rock and orchestration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

According to Aristotle, the sublunary elements were naturally at rest, while the supralunary spheres rotated in endless circles.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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