as in basic
of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject
even if you're not planning on becoming a scientist, you should have an elemental knowledge of chemistry
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Recent Examples of elemental
Look for elemental magnesium on the Supplement Facts panel, not total compound weight.
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
How to Take It for the Best Results Check the label for elemental magnesium content, not total compound weight.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Poison Ruïn’s medieval aesthetic has always suggested a grandeur that was missing from their most elemental work, and their embrace of a bigger sound feels like a breakthrough.
—Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
Adventurers can mix melee, ranged and elemental skills, reshaping abilities with over 180 skills and 130+ pieces of equipment per character.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
How to Take It for the Best Results Check the label for elemental magnesium content, not total compound weight.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Poison Ruïn’s medieval aesthetic has always suggested a grandeur that was missing from their most elemental work, and their embrace of a bigger sound feels like a breakthrough.
—Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
Adventurers can mix melee, ranged and elemental skills, reshaping abilities with over 180 skills and 130+ pieces of equipment per character.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elemental
Adjective
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When citizens insist on shaping the basic terms of social life by appealing to premises that others cannot reasonably be expected to accept—revelation, doctrines of transcendence, private moral visions—the result is not a purer politics but a dangerously brittle one.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Entrants had to meet some basic criteria, including either being fully autonomous (making their own decisions using AI and sensors) or remotely controlled (piloted by a human), with the competition putting an emphasis on the former over raw speed.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Jacobson followed his father to Concordia College, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1999.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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And scattering experiments showed that, at an elementary level, reality was described by individual quanta, possessing specific properties common to all members of their species.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His pieces include solid wood chairs with a deliberately rudimentary, almost minimal design, integrating ornamental elements such as marquetry panels or tin bas-reliefs into their backs, legs or seats.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Several rudimentary suggestions for fake numbers follow.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The class would enable students to gain specialized skills needed for employment after graduation or for further post-secondary training, a memo from the district said, and would also provide students with opportunities to teach other students in the district’s introductory welding course.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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CNBC Make It staff,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The two share mechanical underpinnings, including their powertrains and most fundamental off-road hardware.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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This breakthrough provides a practical toolkit for directly probing quantum electrodynamics and observing the fundamental, extreme interactions between light and the quantum vacuum.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Elemental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elemental. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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