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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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Such gifts are a small but meaningful element of the larger aim of Xi and Trump's three-day summit – forging personal relationships between heads of two global superpowers.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Another element of “Date Night” is that the lyrics tell the story from the point of view of the women.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

On Saturday evening, engineers turned their attention to the element wheel, which contains filters, prisms, and other optical components.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Though the actual show is only a small element of the narrative, it turned off distributors, who argued they wouldn’t be able to market a comedy that involved such a delicate subject.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I lean against the counter, smiling at Poe as he pulls a freshly baked pie out of the oven, totally in his element.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Memorials should in future be placed at the city's Nordfriedhof cemetery to make it "impossible to step directly onto the memorial elements", the motion stated.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

In these works he blended the ethos of European Art Informel and Art Brut while also integrating Pop elements from that emerging American style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

These elements make the singer an anglophone mash-up of Pedro Infante and Juan Gabriel, Arellano added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

This effort succeeded, Glass said, despite the exhibit’s candor about the darker elements of the nation’s military history.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

One of the most important elements for all humans is the timbre of a sound.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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