be an element of

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However, Walsh did acknowledge in an interview that “there may be an element of messaging” in the three most recent initiatives and getting them on the ballot will be “tough.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

However, weather and computer experts warn that there needs to be an element of caution when it comes to the underlying data that's been collected for the AI to work on.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

Love may not be blind, but there may be an element of calculus in succeeding at it.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

China also is developing EMP countermeasures, an indication the military thinks the use of electromagnetic weapons will be an element of future warfare.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023

There must always be an element of shrewdness and even of contempt; he must be the man who knows and judges—or at least who pretends.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various