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
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
"However, what we find is a topologically interesting band structure with numerous crossings and nodes that dominate its low-energy electronic behavior. This completely changes our current understanding of the fundamental properties of this elemental material."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
They were past me now, disappearing in a great cloud of brown dust that looked like a part of their clothing, that made them seem akin to the elemental earth itself.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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