elemental

Example Sentences

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“Tomato and egg is a culinary truth, one of those elemental pairings that shows up across cultures not because anyone decided it should, but because it just makes sense,” writes Salon’s Ashlie D. Stevens.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Back in Cirencester, Dr David O'Connor showed me a new kind of "elemental microscope" that can be used to identify traces of dangerous elements in soil.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The exodus poses elemental questions for a country that has always prided itself as a destination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“Pillion” is about self-fashioning at its most elemental: how gear and uniforms, roles and positions, can help you bloom into yourself; how in losing yourself in another you can find who you want to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

No subsequent disagreement could shake this elemental affinity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis