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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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One element that makes California’s mountains, meadows, foothills and valleys so special are their native plants, which have long provided habitat for native species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The interiors are distinguished by polished marble flooring featuring dramatic gold and gray veining, bringing a distinctive design element to the contemporary residence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

"There's more reason to create these rumors because there's that sort of financial element tied to it," senior research scientist Rachel Moran told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The word “deadpan” is often used to describe the humor in these books, though that suggests an element of irony that is not present.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

While he catalogued each element of the circus in shaky handwriting, he could not manage to record his encounter with the red-haired girl.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Besides, nearly all the key elements of “Carrie” remain.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Angela and Davinia Torres are bundled up against the elements.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

At the 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival, Payne shot down allegations that he’d lifted major elements of the script from Stephenson’s “Frisco,” calling the accusation “the stupidest thing in the world.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

One major hurdle lies in the economical separation of materials, isolating, grinding up and converting rare earth elements into metal for next-generation magnets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The key to solving the actual genetic code was to map the elements of a sequence in an RNA chain to the sequence of a protein chain.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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