substantive

This was a Hail Mary procedural play in a Hail Mary substantive case.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

The PCC also criticised the lack of a "substantive" communication from the government about Cleveland Police's long-term funding.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But he added that "no substantive proposals or agreements, neither regarding the meeting itself nor its potential agenda and content, have been discussed or put forward by anyone".

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Born into a Polish aristocratic Catholic family with ornate palaces and substantive political influence, d’Ornano descended from the Radziwill line of Polish princes to Prussian kings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Still, Pearson had to be more mindful of the concerns of black residents than at the beginning of his career—even if that mindfulness didn't translate into any substantive changes during his tenure.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

De is not used in speaking of places, etc., when English uses the preposition "of," where nomata = named might be inserted between two substantives.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox

There is a tendency to make the plural of all substantives except masculine monosyllables end in -an.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

And “epithets that will serve for any substantives, either in this part or the next.”

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

In fact, there is a very large group of noun substantives which mark, for an Elementary teacher, at least, the seasons of the year.

From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner

In the tenth book he deals with the etymology of many substantives and adjectives arranged alphabetically according to the first letter of the words, perhaps by himself from various sources.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various