substantive

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“It’s incredibly substantive that the city attorney will interpret much of the policy that the mayor may push to be the right policy, and not challenge it,” Guerra said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

He’s forming five such panels—on Fed communications, on balance-sheet policy, on data sources, on productivity and on the Fed’s inflation framework—as the mechanism to secure the political buy-in he’ll need for substantive reforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

And yet, because so few people in power seem willing to confront Musk in a substantive way, the everyday people have been doing their best to hit his bottom line.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

"Abandonment wasn't because the site became ecologically unsuitable in any absolute sense. Bison were still around, vegetation hadn't changed, and there was no substantive shift in fire activities," Wendt pointed out.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

We did not discuss substantive issues, so much as history and South African culture.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela