trace element
Example Sentences
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Selenium is a naturally occurring chemical important in the environment as a trace element.
From New York Times
He said depleted uranium rounds used by Challenger 2 tanks contained only trace elements of depleted uranium.
From BBC
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
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