substance
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Yet the summit’s stark lack of substance surprised even the closest China watchers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But as Trump showed Xi around the National Archives in Washington -- home to the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution -- it underscored that the summit was more about spectacle than substance.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some commentaries noted it was less about substance than ceremony and symbolism, but what did it commemorate or symbolize?
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Any substance on the table is calibrated to be modest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It also yielded alkahest, the universal solvent—an agent that could eat through any substance in the world: glass, stone, metal, even diamond.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Phenolics are produced naturally by plants and include substances involved in pigmentation, defense, and protection from environmental stress.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
"The risk is we become fixed on chasing individual substances in an unregulated market and we lose sight of the individual circumstances that are related to that," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
They supported Selman Waksman, a Rutgers biochemist whose lab screened soil for antimicrobial substances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
During the public meeting, the jaded panel members admitted several times that the science supporting the compounded substances was inadequate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Instead of toxic pesticides, crops are sprayed with natural substances, like BT, a pesticide made from a common soil bacteria.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Vocabulary lists containing substance
"Black Panther" Lingo
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"The Declaration of Independence," Vocabulary from the historical document
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