be substantive

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday evening Rubio spoke to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy about what he hoped would be "substantive and good technical meetings".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

“It’s so subjective!” and “It omits a crucial P.O.V.!” are assumed to be substantive criticisms rather than essentially value-neutral statements.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

“What we investigated was understood to be substantive and real,” said Gordon Freedman, who served as a staffer on Mr. Ervin’s committee.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022

There might be substantive questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to address.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

And though the university has used Mike’s quarters to conduct research on microbiomes in the past, this line of study requires data from many mammals to be substantive.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2016