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elemental

[el-uh-men-tl] / ˌɛl əˈmɛn tl /


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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

"Things like spatial distributions of the bones and their surfaces, down to elemental compositions and proteins trapped in ancient cells."

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 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

Once he got to Chicago, he grasped another elemental lesson: All geek jobs aren’t alike.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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