element

Example Sentences

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The mission was the culmination of months of secretive planning—and a series of mixed signals—that allowed the U.S. to preserve the element of surprise, even though the attack at times seemed inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Depending on how they are stimulated, the same device can act as a memory element, a logic gate, a selector, an analog processor, or an electronic synapse.

From Science Daily

They wanted to maximise the element of surprise, officials said on Saturday.

From BBC

Groundwater in these communities is contaminated with salt and naturally occurring radioactive elements.

From Salon

“Geopolitics remains a consistently uncertain element between sanction escalations, tariffs, and peace-deal supply risks.”

From The Wall Street Journal