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element

[el-uh-muhnt] / ˈɛl ə mənt /


NOUN
place where one feels comfortable
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
foreign land


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It is a central element in the lavish altars erected to the deceased on November 1-2 and is also used to festoon homes and streets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“The album has an element of seriousness, but I didn’t want it to translate so seriously onstage,” Rosalía says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"There was a lack of judgement or stigmatisation - the peer element was really important and is something to learn from the Birchwood environment."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The team then evaluated the element wheel, a rotating mechanism equipped with filters and other optical components.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

And you’ll discover a new element there, which will be the toughest, strongest, most indestructible element ever—just like you!

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The graphics are highly realistic, and the game returns to the elements that fuelled its initial success: frenetic action and large-scale combat experienced from a soldier's perspective.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The ground floor will house abc kitchens, a restaurant concept combining elements of Vongerichten’s abcV, abc cocina, and abc kitchen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The genre takes a distinctly techno-infused approach to the dembow rhythm, stripping reggaeton of any acoustic elements and assembling them anew on a laptop to sound colder and faster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The pieces here range in form from figured reliefs to architectural elements to statuettes; in subject from devotional images to portraits; and in scale from the intimate to the grandly sized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The results indicate that this particular bit of dust is made up of a mixture of elements, with silicon being the most prominent.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga


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