With so small a content of extraneous elements, the inherent properties of elemental copper are brought forth to a high degree.

Many spots worked because they focused more intensely on the products being pitched than on extraneous elements like celebrity endorsers or special effects.

To fit the match into the prescribed three-hour block, he told the producers to eliminate every extraneous element but to keep all the action intact.

The music appears to have survived fundamentally from Moorish culture, though over the centuries it has accumulated a number of extraneous elements.

The relaunch tied the character more closely to the Greek gods and jettisoned many of the extraneous elements of her history.

Mr. Silver declared that this year, no emergency spending bill would pass with any extraneous elements.

Whatever extraneous elements were introduced merely floated on top of the mass.

"To not confuse the clear-cut image of my triumph with extraneous elements."

Dance is no longer an extraneous element added on to a whole.

It's also nice to see a perfectly composed world, free of random, extraneous elements that don't further the narrative or plot.