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
Known as the hardest pure elemental metal, chromium is best recognized as an alloying agent that strengthens and enhances other metals.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
At the end of each, they’ll be awarded a choice of power-up that can boost their health, attack or defense, or imbue their abilities with elemental attributes.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Perraut would visit her mother's lab as a kid and see those elemental parts of the body up close.
—Gili Malinsky
zachary Green, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
As Pärt describes it, tintinnabuli is the benefit of reduction rather than complexity – freeing the elemental beauty of his music and the message of his texts.
—Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
At the end of each, they’ll be awarded a choice of power-up that can boost their health, attack or defense, or imbue their abilities with elemental attributes.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Perraut would visit her mother's lab as a kid and see those elemental parts of the body up close.
—Gili Malinsky
zachary Green, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
As Pärt describes it, tintinnabuli is the benefit of reduction rather than complexity – freeing the elemental beauty of his music and the message of his texts.
—Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elemental
Adjective
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Madden said his bargaining unit has reached some agreements with Kaiser over basic issues, but members are still pushing for the health system to maintain workers’ health care, retirement and pension benefits.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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For nearly two decades, the basic browsing experience, aside from a few minor improvements, remained largely unchanged.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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According to court documents, six elementary-aged students came forward with allegations against Riscovallez.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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Grapevine-Colleyville school board president Shannon Braun said the district will close elementary campuses, but no decisions have been made on how many will be on the chopping block.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Without data centers, flights would be grounded (pilots could not get weather info and flight plans would not be available), communication would become rudimentary, payments would stop processing (welcome back, bartering) — even 911, which goes through an online system, would shut down.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Over time, these rudimentary structures gave way to more ambitious designs.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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However, there aren’t any introductory-APR offers, and there is a late payment fee of up to $40.—
David McMillin,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Steiner emerged as perhaps the biggest star of Formula 1’s Drive to Survive, doesn’t have any MotoGP experience, and, at his introductory press conference, did his best to come off humble.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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His helmet is a nod to physics, a fundamental science that’s deeply woven into the makeup of motorsports, and also a tribute to his father.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Scaling is the key step in bridging the gap between fundamental discovery and large-scale deployment.—
Stavroula Alina Kampouri,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Elemental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elemental. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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