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substantially

[suhb-stan-shuh-lee] / səbˈstæn ʃə li /


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As fires have declined, the rate of annual deaths from landscape-fire air pollution has fallen substantially since 2000, according to a 2024 Lancet study.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Water oxidation, an essential reaction during electrolysis, requires a substantially higher potential of about ~1600 mV.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

His numbers would be substantially higher if he were batting either third or fourth because he’d have runners on base.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

During the trial, the court heard the "extraordinary" fact that a window panel had already fallen from the same development in August 2017, and the design was not substantially changed as a result.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

If we drop the uranium ore into a heavy lead canister, the count rate declines substantially; the lead has absorbed the uranium radiation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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