elemental
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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
Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band’s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
At an elemental level gravity is extraordinarily unrobust.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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