substantially

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“The work of defending the world’s cyber infrastructure might take years; frontier AI capabilities are likely to advance substantially over just the next few months,” Anthropic says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“We have known for decades that once you have one disc surgery, the chances of having another are substantially higher, especially if you use the fusion technique like Tiger. It’s a domino effect.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It didn’t capture trade in services — only goods, skewing the numbers substantially.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

In a social media post at the time, he called for a "substantially enlarged and rebuilt" facility to house the country's most dangerous offenders.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It is given by many writers, always in substantially the same form.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton