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chief ingredient

NOUN

basis

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assumption base essential evidence explanation footing fundamental justification premise principle proof reason security support theory

STRONG

antecedent authority axiom backbone background backing bedrock cause center core crux data dictum essence heart infrastructure keynote keystone law nexus nucleus postulate presumption presupposition root rudiment sanction source substratum theorem warrant

WEAK

hard fact principal element underpinning

Antonyms

STRONGEST

auxiliary fact reality trivia

STRONG

effect end exterior exteriority outside periphery result surface

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It's named for the chief ingredient that makes it unique: artemisia absinthium, which you might know as wormwood.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2023

And the chief ingredient in the “recipe” for those fancy sunsets of ours isn’t just hot-weather smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2022

The chief ingredient in film, gelatin that is derived from collagen, is what helps give human skin its sheen and elasticity.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2021

He added, reflexively, “The best thing about pea is that it’s not soy”—Impossible’s chief ingredient.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2019

Various hop substitutes, in the form of powder, have been offered in commerce of late years, most of which appear to have quassia as a chief ingredient.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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