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elemental

[el-uh-men-tl] / ˌɛl əˈmɛn tl /


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She collects material from other places, too, like dirt from her daughter’s preschool yard or sand from local beaches — anything elemental that “will really alchemize and change form in the kiln.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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

To identify these materials, researchers first used machine learning to rapidly screen enormous numbers of possible elemental combinations.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

This intricately constructed novel tracks a remote New England house through the ages, as its inhabitants search for the most elemental characterization of home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

But even that landmark precedent, so crucial in establishing the republican principle of rotation in office, paled in comparison to an even more elemental political and psychological realization.

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




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