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He said expenses relating to preparations for a substantive hearing would be awarded at the higher "solicitor-client" rate.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

Mediators are using a lull in the fighting to patch together a quick fix to reopen the strait, hoping it paves the way for substantive talks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Since submitting its proposal Sazerac has tried to engage with Brown-Forman’s board but has yet to have substantive discussions, the letter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

It was his odd blindness, I think, to all problems of a personal nature which made him able at the end to transmute even Bunny’s highly substantive troubles into spiritual ones.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Manx goes as far as northern Scottish in dropping unstressed final vowels, e.g. chiarn, “lord,” Irish, tighearna; -yn is the favourite plural ending in substantives.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

In the eighteenth century English translation of Behmen's Works, all the substantives, as was then the frequent custom, are printed with capital letters.

From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Jakob Böhme

The heaping up of substantives without a copula is not uncommon in Lucretius.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Curtis C. Bushnell

The Chinese do not decline their substantives, but they indicate the cases distinctly— A. By means of particles.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller