element

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Princeton implemented a cap on A’s in 2004, but repealed the policy in 2014 after reporting it added a “large element of stress to students’ lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Players are becoming more valuable early on because clubs don't want to lose them, and with that comes an element of having to give players the belief they can make it into the first team.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The third region contains organic compounds that include nitrogen, an element that plays a key role in biological molecules such as amino acids.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The pullback in Treasury bond markets will also enhance the present value of corporate profits, a crucial element in pricing stocks, which could support markets heading into the second quarter.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

If he could just get the element of surprise.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz