substance

Example Sentences

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It substantially narrowed the list of nominated ingredients, quickly reviewed each remaining substance and placed them into three categories.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

"If you sow doubt about your commitment every day, you drain it of its substance."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

For the first time in 28 years, no athlete has been found to have taken a banned substance at an Olympics - at least so far.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But new early research suggests that some of these garments may contain a dangerous substance: lead.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

The body of a gebbeth has been drained of true substance and is something like a shell or a vapor in the form of a man, an unreal flesh clothing the shadow which is real.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin