substance
Example Sentences
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“Not as just supported on paper, but that it’s supported in substance, too.”
Back in the 1990s, chemists invented a weird substance called a metal-organic framework.
The differences in tone and substance between the president’s address and the speeches at the Press Club were glaring.
From Salon
He can now point to a result that suggests the party's buoyant opinion poll ratings since he became leader have some substance to them.
From BBC
Her hostess found granules of a white substance in the dirt.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.