substance
Example Sentences
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Stoppard was determined to restore its fun without diminishing its substance.
From Los Angeles Times
Plays like Arcadia, Jumpers and the work which first made his name, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, were sometimes criticised for lacking emotional depth, for being too much show and too little substance.
From BBC
Nearly a century later, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may have captured the first direct evidence of this mysterious substance, offering the possibility of finally "seeing" dark matter.
From Science Daily
The overwhelming majority backed the Nicene Creed, which affirmed the full divinity of Jesus, declaring he is “of one substance” and thus equal to God the Father.
Extraction rates, referring to how much of a substance is released when exposed to gastric juice, ranged from 0.11% to 7.33%.
From Science Daily
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