elemental
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But you watch these episodes, and he’s asking really elemental stuff about humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
By measuring those signals and comparing them with known elemental signatures, researchers can determine what a world is made of.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 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
What survives in the ashes of McCarthy’s fable is the elemental love that bonds a parent and a child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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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