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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

A panel of three judges at the High Court in Dar es Salaam acquitted him of the more serious offence of treason, saying prosecutors had failed to prove a key element of that charge.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

But prosecutors argued it was an element of a bulletproof vest, even though officers didn’t find a body armor plate carrier when they searched his car.

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

At the board, playing a speed game, Bobby was truly in his element, like Michael Jordan soaring for the hoop.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

A slab of mass timber can serve as ceiling, floor and load-bearing elements all in one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Some might even be disappointed by this, given the N64 game had quite horrifying elements in places.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Jerry will point out poetic elements of the songs, explain rhythm, similes and metaphors, internal rhymes, clichés, split perspective and different types of rhyme schemes.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 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

Suddenly the shape of the elements he has always avoided becomes more distinct, the key unknown factor clear.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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