substantial
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There have also been departures, with the club earning substantial fee for Luka Vuskovic's £45m move to Brighton.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Frimpong dismissed the government’s argument that phone imaging would take substantial effort, noting that “the time-consuming nature of the imaging process makes Defendants’ delay less excusable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Not the exact recipe, but the form: toast, pasta, a frittata, a rice bowl, a substantial salad, perhaps a pot of soup or stew.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
As of Monday, one dollar bought about ¥156, a substantial improvement over the Japanese currency’s 40-year low of ¥164 per dollar last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
I was intrigued by your idea that something more substantial be done to improve the lot of the poor so that they were, in fact, no longer poor.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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