elemental
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In December 2024, Mr. Lloyd lost another treasured collaborator, Zakir Hussain—his generation’s acknowledged master of tabla, the paired hand drums that are elemental to Indian music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
By measuring those signals and comparing them with known elemental signatures, researchers can determine what a world is made of.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The seventh song, Yeah, is a textbook example of tension and release in pop music - that strips the idea down to its most elemental form.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Aang’s inherited mission, passed down to him by generations of previous divinities, is to restore and maintain the world’s elemental balance.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Upon inquiring how Churchill’s had made such an elemental error, he was told that the information had been provided to them by Dr. Owen himself.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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