substantive
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However, substantive talks are yet to begin, according to others.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Asking tough, substantive questions to those in power is the job of every journalist, and Dana did hers incredibly well today.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Christodoulides' spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the pair held "a substantive and sincere discussion" and expressed hope it would lead to concrete developments by the year's end when Guterres's mandate ends.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
A more substantive critique is that by emphasizing Odysseus’ feelings of guilt rather than his simple fealty to the gods, Mr. Nolan imposes an anachronistic Christian morality on the ancient world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It recommended no substantive changes in housing, employment, or schools.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
In Middle Irish the declensions and conjugations are much simplified and the neuter gender is given up in substantives.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
A different Latin suffix -culum, forming substantives from verbs, is represented in the form -cle in several words adopted through French, as miracle, oracle, spectacle. -um, neuter term., as medium.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The same occurs in Mexican, and the chief termination of substantives, tli, is almost identical in sound with that in the Maipure.
From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Daniel Garrison Brinton
In fact, there is a very large group of noun substantives which mark, for an Elementary teacher, at least, the seasons of the year.
From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner
In the tenth book he deals with the etymology of many substantives and adjectives arranged alphabetically according to the first letter of the words, perhaps by himself from various sources.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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The Freedom of Information Act (2016)
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