elemental

Example Sentences

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This intricately constructed novel tracks a remote New England house through the ages, as its inhabitants search for the most elemental characterization of home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"The observation of multiple symmetry-protected nodal lines in a simple elemental ferromagnet is therefore highly unexpected and establishes cobalt as a model system for studying the interplay between topology and magnetism."

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Here, she’s in a collaboration of sorts with her subjects, both human and elemental.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The logic is elemental, though the reality is more complex.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

I had started on a path of awareness, had perceived something elemental about my brother, my father, myself.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover