trace element

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Fact-checkers have so far been unable to confirm or debunk the last of these; given the intermingling of races in his ancestral Brazil, it could even contain a trace element of truth.

From Washington Post

The plot is laced with trace elements of foreboding, but danger never reaches concentrations that produce actual drama.

From Washington Post

“Natural gas isn’t refined to be super clean — there are trace elements of other compounds, like benzene,” a carcinogen, said Leifer.

From Seattle Times

To learn more, researchers will need to analyze trace elements in the new inclusion, Tschauner says.

From Scientific American

Measures announced Tuesday include a soil stability study, monitoring levels in the waterhole, hydro-geochemical analysis of major compounds and trace elements of groundwater, and a study evaluating the current drainage system.

From Reuters