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substances

NOUN

entity, element

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item material object stuff texture

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actuality animal being body bulk concreteness core corpus fabric force hunk individual mass matter person phenomenon reality staple thing

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something

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abstract fantasy inanimate nothing nothingness plant

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poverty

NOUN

essence, meaning

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amount effect meat significance strength stuff subject

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ABCs basis body bottom burden center core corpus crux drift essentiality focus gist guts heart import innards kernel marrow mass matter nitty-gritty nub pith point purport quintessence sense soul staple tenor theme thrust upshot

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bottom line brass tacks general meaning gravamen name of the game nuts and bolts sum total virtuality way of it

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cowardice exterior exteriority fear insignificance nothing nothingness outside periphery surface

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poverty

NOUN

wealth

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affluence assets estate fortune means property resources riches worth

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debt

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poverty

Example Sentences

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These substances will leak out, and everyone will have access.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"They become kind of a bioconversion machine where they can remove some of those complicated molecules that the human gut cannot digest and convert them into more digestible substances."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that GLP-1 medications were associated with lower risks of developing substance use disorders involving alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, cocaine, opioids, and other substances.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

At an earlier stage, officials expressed hope that emergency teams could relieve the pressure issue by slowing the rate of the chemical reactions that were causing the substances to heat up inside the tank.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

With the advent of man the situation began to change, for man, alone of all forms of life, can create cancer-producing substances, which in medical terminology are called carcinogens.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson