elemental
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They then analyzed its elemental composition and measured the amounts of water and carbon dioxide present.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
But you watch these episodes, and he’s asking really elemental stuff about humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
The plays of Shakespeare will always be relevant because he wrote of human beings in both their elemental goodness and darkness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She collects material from other places, too, like dirt from her daughter’s preschool yard or sand from local beaches — anything elemental that “will really alchemize and change form in the kiln.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But then he loved the pure idea of family as well, which in its most elemental version must have nothing to do with blood.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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