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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

We can see how the “what if” element works in Mr. Coben’s books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Yet a fascinating element of “Godzilla Minus Zero” — as well as director Hideaki Anno’s 2016 “Shin Godzilla” — is how they make a point of featuring saviors who are adamantly dull.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Boron is an element that rarely forms triple bonds, a type of chemical connection in which two atoms share three pairs of electrons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

There was an element of chauvinism in this—the French supported their own champion and rejected the ideas of the perfidious Englishman, while Newton was, of course, very much a prophet honoured in his own country.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

Astronomers detected calcium, oxygen, magnesium, and iron, elements commonly found in rocky planetary material throughout our Solar System.

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

AMD also pleased Wall Street with elements of its forecast last week, including a projection that revenue from data-center GPUs could surpass revenue from server CPUs in the fourth quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The other good news is that it only takes a couple of minutes and a little thought to achieve this, and put some of the basic elements of music to work.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin


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