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The phrase "about the only element" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is one of the very few elements or factors in a particular context.
Example: "In this complex situation, trust is about the only element that can help us move forward."
Alternatives: "practically the only factor" or "virtually the sole element".
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About the only element left unchanged is the corporate color scheme, which remains blue and white, evocative of Columbia University (at least to a columnist who was admitted there but attended Northwestern University instead).
It's not that "The Strain" fails to deliver on the grotesque imagery, but that's just about the only element that recalls the rest of Del Toro's oeuvre.
Slant Magazine writer Eric Henderson opined, "But just about the only element of the whole album that really sticks is the Laura Bush-worthy domestic complacency of 'Cater 2 U,' in which the trio espouses their joy in total submission".
"So little is seen of Liam Hemsworth as Gale, Katniss' soul mate/fellow hunter... that the uninitiated might not pay attention to the third angle of the story's romantic triangle -- about the only element this high-quality pop culture phenomenon has in common with the swoons of 'Twilight.'".
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According to the table of eigenvalues, Pb had a factor load of about 0.75 and was the only element in this factor.
So far, we have not pressed our luck, once again heeding Waverley Root: "The only element about brodetto which is always the same is that it is never the same".
Giffords' presence may be the only element about the event above politics.
He is scathing about the planned sugar tax being the only element of the childhood obesity "plan of action" published last month that will force food companies to change their practices.
But not the only element.
"Light is one element, but it is not the only element," he said.
The only element of novelty came on the scoresheet.
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