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element

[el-uh-muhnt] / ˈɛl ə mənt /


NOUN
place where one feels comfortable
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
foreign land


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In a statement to AFP, the writer's lawyers said Houellebecq's statements contained no element of incitement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

So even as diet trends change, Forrest sees another element at play in our current dinner-for-breakfast moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Yet a fascinating element of “Godzilla Minus Zero” — as well as director Hideaki Anno’s 2016 “Shin Godzilla” — is how they make a point of featuring saviors who are adamantly dull.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Boron is an element that rarely forms triple bonds, a type of chemical connection in which two atoms share three pairs of electrons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

I was Miranium, the strongest element in the universe.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Architect Patrick Shay has put much time and effort into hiding the steel, concrete and other structural elements of the hotels he has designed around this tourist mecca.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Astronomers detected calcium, oxygen, magnesium, and iron, elements commonly found in rocky planetary material throughout our Solar System.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

It’s strange, because the right elements are all there to make it work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Deans said there were also some local elements, such as a bin and traffic lights.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

It is this interaction of the elements which makes living creatures possible, and without it the universe would be sterile.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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