substance
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Too many overlapping yarns in a movie make for a convoluted final product, a big clump of colorful material that’s too dense to pry apart to see the substance lurking below.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
They said they had filed a request with the Oslo district court for a provisional injunction against the entry into force of the terms of use, pending a ruling on the substance of the case.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Similarly, decades of research into addiction concludes that it is a disease involving compulsive seeking and taking of a substance or participation in an activity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
A mushroom long consumed by communities in Asia may contain a substance capable of revealing new information about the human brain and how it creates conscious experience.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
It was a hideous-looking thing covered in a dark steaming substance.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
They also introduce a possible new factor in volcanic degassing, the process through which gases and other volatile substances escape from molten rock and interact with a planet's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
A person familiar with policymakers’ thinking said millions more patients using the substances could make banning them much more difficult in later rule making.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Researchers traced the fluorescence primarily to glands in the animals' skin and the substances those glands release.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Odin’s on-demand manufacturing eliminates much of the risk that comes with storing bulk quantities of flammable substances, executives said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Who knows what other healthy substances are in plants that we have yet to discover?
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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