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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

“This is going to be a late deliverable, which combined with a Covid vaccine will be substantive issues for late deciders,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2020

But that said, there’s more to me: I intend to be substantive and issues-based, and while I already can speak fairly articulately on federal issues, I have homework to do on District 89.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2018