in substance

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: in respect to essentials : fundamentally

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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

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