substantial
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Manchester City face "substantial hurdles" if they are to have any chance of winning their appeal after being found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules, a leading lawyer has told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The protests have drawn fresh attention to longstanding inequalities in France's education system, where schools serving the poorest communities often struggle for resources despite substantial public spending.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Rauh says that might be a substantial underestimate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The country wants UBS to hold substantial new capital against its large foreign operations, an increase UBS estimates would cost around $16 billion under the legislation before Parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The humans who domesticated animals were the first to fall victim to the newly evolved germs, but those humans then evolved substantial resistance to the new diseases.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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