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Recent Examples of elementally
Mitski is at her best in this album’s more elementally human moments.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementally
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Deed theft is essentially when someone steals a house, often forging the paperwork, and data obtained by CBS News New York shows a 240% increase in complaints to the New York Attorney General's Office from 2023 to 2025.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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With Atkins having graduated early to get a jump on his football career at Miami of Ohio, Fecht is essentially replacing him now on the baseball team as well.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Ultimately, even when she’s supposed to play the most antagonistic female archetype, Darlene is simply too much of a mood and a vibe, and her fundamentally anti-Karen nature is good for TV but bad for the judging criteria in this challenge.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
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For a series built entirely around the tension and intimacy between two rival hockey players, pushing that element to the back half of a six-episode season would have fundamentally reshaped the story.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2026
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Georgia added 1,200 net jobs in January, basically flat from December, according to the report, the first glimpse at how the state labor market is performing this year.—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Architects and other critics of the project had panned the staircase as too large and basically useless since there was no way to enter the ballroom at the top.—
Darlene Superville,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Earlier thinkers, most famously Aristotle, had gone so far as to propose that eudaemonia was an inherently communal accomplishment, one that could only take root in the proper social and political context.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Their movement is inherently tied to forward motion.—
Etiido Uko
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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Bebo’s relationship with Charlie is intrinsically tied to his bond with the island, for example.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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These men were not intrinsically evil; their gifts fueled their overreach while the chorus watched the collapse.—
Anthony Scaramucci,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Elementally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementally. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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