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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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If the discussions go as anticipated, replacing Carrick will be a key element.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 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

Like a DJ leading a raucous party, this crucial element steers the wildness to the very edge of acceptability and holds it there, enraptured and alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

When we passed the food prep area, I saw Clarence holding it over the homemade element they simmered with, a hole in the dirt ground filled with heated rocks from the fire outside.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

The Football Manager team also changed elements of the in-game world to reflect the needs of wheelchair users, such as adding ramps to trophy plinths.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 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

Beyond producing additional oxoboranes, the researchers hope to determine whether similar strategies could help them create other elusive compounds involving elements throughout the periodic table.

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

That means that the new atoms are no longer uranium—they have become different elements.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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