substantive
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Pinkerton has written a letter to the Prime Minister saying the response did not "engage" with the "substantive concerns" he had raised.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
We defined a substantive application on the shadow docket as any filing where the full court was asked to intervene in the traditional appeals process, such as staying a lower court’s order.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026
Finally, if you think the obstacles to orderly press coverage and the absurdities of decision-day theater are bad, remember that they are nothing compared to how the court does its own substantive work.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
We can hardly allow substantive issues to become more pressing while waiting for Xi to mellow or be replaced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
It was his odd blindness, I think, to all problems of a personal nature which made him able at the end to transmute even Bunny’s highly substantive troubles into spiritual ones.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing substantive
Just Mercy
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The Freedom of Information Act (2016)
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You Bring the Distant Near
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