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elemental

[el-uh-men-tl] / ˌɛl əˈmɛn tl /


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The plays of Shakespeare will always be relevant because he wrote of human beings in both their elemental goodness and darkness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

By measuring those signals and comparing them with known elemental signatures, researchers can determine what a world is made of.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

The seventh song, Yeah, is a textbook example of tension and release in pop music - that strips the idea down to its most elemental form.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Aang’s inherited mission, passed down to him by generations of previous divinities, is to restore and maintain the world’s elemental balance.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Like all of Washington's elemental insights, this one seems patently obvious only in retrospect.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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