essential element

Example Sentences

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Bernstein said: "We need to know what's real as opposed to what's false. The press is the essential element in a community of being able to attain that."

From BBC

Although the furniture fits the space well, we hadn’t updated it in years, and it always lacked an essential element.

From Seattle Times

There was some peace, some essential element that I had been overlooking, and that walk showed me, it was my five senses.

From Salon

In the age of alarm clocks and smartphones, Sahar Khans are less of a necessity, but it adds an essential element to the festivities leading up to the Eid festival at the end of the month, residents said.

From Reuters

For them, artifice is an essential element in both statecraft and marriage.

From New York Times