element

Example Sentences

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O'Leary said there is also a generational element in the optimistic audience numbers.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

It is difficult to see how he could have done any of that without losing the element of surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Allowing drivers a 'free' stop during a safety car period just seems to bring an unnecessary element of luck to races.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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