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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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In the American ethos, sacrifice is often hailed as the chief ingredient for overcoming hardship and seizing opportunity.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 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

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

It melts long before ignition, at 410 of Fahrenheit, and by the continuance of heat is slowly converted into a white powder, which is the chief ingredient in putty, used in polishing, &c.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

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