elements
Example Sentences
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"They blame badgers, but there are other elements that I'm sure will cause and contribute. I don't think there's enough traceability."
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The first were spartan nooks, just large enough to shelter one hermit from the elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
I frequently struggle to find the right words to describe the elements weaving together the concrete and the conceptual, so I find it simpler to sum up all that as magic.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I would be ashamed to have written any part of this," Wilson argued in the London Review of Books, adding it "lacks many of the elements that make the poem great".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
It is a flowing waterfall of alchemical and astrological symbols, ancient marks for planets and elements all emblazoned in black ink upon her fair skin.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing elements
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Martian
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