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substantially

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


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The team's experiments showed that the gold-patterned structures substantially increased the amount of heat moving across the gap, achieving heat transfer rates up to four times greater than comparable systems lacking the engineered patterns.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Indeed, a third of hourly workers could benefit substantially, shifting 20% to 30% of their pay to tax-deferred “overtime.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Shaw heads the elected Board of Education for Chino Valley Unified in San Bernardino County, a diverse but substantially conservative inland portion of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The policy paper also endorsed substantially shrinking the Fed’s $6.7 trillion asset portfolio and limiting the central bank’s role as a lender of last resort in financial crises.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

If this claim is substantially correct, the implications for racial justice advocacy are profound.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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