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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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In a statement to AFP, the writer's lawyers said Houellebecq's statements contained no element of incitement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

For the first time, the statue is accompanied by an interactive element: an actor wearing a toe suit, complete with dark black toe hair and a big red welt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

A panel of three judges at the High Court in Dar es Salaam acquitted him of the more serious offence of treason, saying prosecutors had failed to prove a key element of that charge.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Like a DJ leading a raucous party, this crucial element steers the wildness to the very edge of acceptability and holds it there, enraptured and alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Where Aristotle had assumed that each element behaved differently, the new physics assumed that all heavy objects could be thought of as the same.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

A slab of mass timber can serve as ceiling, floor and load-bearing elements all in one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Beyond producing additional oxoboranes, the researchers hope to determine whether similar strategies could help them create other elusive compounds involving elements throughout the periodic table.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

It’s strange, because the right elements are all there to make it work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Deans said there were also some local elements, such as a bin and traffic lights.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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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