substance
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Jones said many areas of social policy, including "responsibility for tackling substance use, housing, education and local government" were devolved to the Welsh government.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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
Seen one way, Roy’s talismanic manicure is an object lesson for her fiercest critics: all flash and no substance, evidence the 34-year-old lacks the “gravitas” to be among the state’s most powerful elected lawyers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Note, however, that these are matters of procedure rather than substance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was creepy to feel a feeling as if it was a substance, and Jam immediately yanked her arm out of the painting.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
However, chemical testing failed to reveal any substances that could explain the hallucinations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
They hope to determine how the unusual chemical trait developed and whether closely related mushrooms might produce comparable substances.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Similar sensors could monitor food freshness, identify substances, and analyze environmental conditions on a much larger scale than is currently practical.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
By identifying the different crystalline phases within them, the researchers gained information that could help determine how quickly radioactive substances escape into the surrounding environment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
It is made of substances that once grew, that once bent in the wind and felt the night air.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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