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Example sentences for: elusive

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This shift put Franklin in a position to move forward on the structure of DNA, but without others' resorting to model building, the goal would have remained elusive.
Genetic predisposition as well as environmental triggers plays a role, but the identity of these factors has been largely elusive.
In its lovely mountain setting on the Cumberland Sound, this peaceful Inuit town is a good place to buy Inuit carvings — and to start your viewing of harbor seals and the elusive beluga whales.
Chemical weapons could, in theory, be so elusive that even a sovereignty-crushing inspection regime couldn't find them.
Collectively, this sets the stage for both genome-wide and targeted studies of this functionally elusive family of regulators.