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substance

[suhb-stuhns] / ˈsʌb stəns /




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But “By Design” isn’t mere style over substance.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Naismith has watched him grow into a player of huge substance, on and off the field.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Compared with patients taking non-GLP-1 diabetes medications, GLP-1 users had a 14% lower risk of developing any substance use disorder.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Wylan shuddered, pulling at the gummy substance on his lips.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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