in substance

phrase

: in respect to essentials : fundamentally

Examples of in substance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, modern environments allow people to manufacture or amplify any positive signal (virtue signalling is the common term associated with cheap and fake signalling of virtues that are just meaningless or fake in substance). — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

His research found that social media usage can mirror patterns seen in substance abuse. — Maya Blackstone, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

For one, what South Korea is calling a policy shift is largely rhetorical and little different in substance from the previous approach, says KIDA's Lee Ho-ryung. — Se Eun Gong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

In Tucson, instead of arresting people for illicit drug use or related crimes such as trespassing, officers may encourage those people to enroll in substance abuse treatment and give them rides to treatment providers. — Josephine Korchmaros, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above