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substantially

[suhb-stan-shuh-lee] / səbˈstæn ʃə li /


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“While obviously semis have run up substantially, we believe that this will be an elongated cycle and many areas are just getting started,” says Christopher Shaffer, managing partner at Talaria Capital Management.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The team's experiments showed that the gold-patterned structures substantially increased the amount of heat moving across the gap, achieving heat transfer rates up to four times greater than comparable systems lacking the engineered patterns.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Interstate banking was not substantially allowed in the U.S. until the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Indeed, a third of hourly workers could benefit substantially, shifting 20% to 30% of their pay to tax-deferred “overtime.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Her Creole had improved substantially, allowing her to take accurate notes as they described their various pains and miseries.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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