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substantive

[suhb-stuhn-tiv] / ˈsʌb stən tɪv /
NOUN
nominal
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ADJECTIVE
essential; real
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In a study published last month by the scientific journal Nature, academics including Cornell University's David Rand reported that human-AI dialogues may have a substantive effect on voters' electoral decisions.

From Barron's

The statute clarified standards governing control, conflicts, and judicial review going forward, reinforcing objective anchors in fiduciary analysis, and reducing uncertainty about substantive liability.

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"We had a substantive conversation on all issues and highly value the progress that the Ukrainian and American teams have made over the past weeks," Zelensky said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

From BBC

Even so, the economic benefits of mining “would be substantive.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We discussed certain substantive details of the ongoing work," he said in a post on social media.

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