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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

Banality is the chief ingredient in her work, and she uses it like an all-purpose seasoning that, paradoxically, subtracts flavor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2015

Yet the chief ingredient in her decision was, oddly enough, itself a sign of youth.

From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Blackwood, Algernon