substantial
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You are middle-aged and appear to have substantial assets in the form of real estate and, I presume, significant retirement funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Eli Lilly LLY -1.05%decrease; down pointing triangle is preparing application materials for its next-generation weight-loss drug, retatrutide, following data from two Phase 3 trials showing the treatment delivered substantial results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Former Coronation Street actor Qasim Akhtar is to receive "substantial" damages from the Sun's publisher, to settle a High Court libel claim.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Proposition 7 passed with a substantial majority, with 60% voting in favor of the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The color line no longer bothered C.P., but there remained the far less visible but just as substantial line of class separating himself from people like Howard Clement.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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