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making, material, raw material, stuff, timber
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Henri has been open about his substance abuse over the past couple of years. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "Who is Henri Levy? Everything You Need to Know About Demi Lovato's Boyfriend," 31 Dec. 2018 Jones struggled with drinking and substance abuse and even showed up to award shows obviously inebriated. — Fox News, "9 of country music's most shocking moments," 4 Oct. 2018 Demi has long been open and candid about her struggles with substance abuse throughout her teenage years. — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "Demi Lovato's Team Releases an Official Statement About Her Overdose," 25 July 2018 Upon closer examination, the researchers found that the mother spider was producing some kind of substance, secreting it onto the floor of the nest. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "There Is a Spider That Feeds Its Young Delicious Milk, Because Nature Is Scary," 30 Nov. 2018 The sophisticated tests now available include gas chromatography mass spectrometry, which can detect minuscule amounts of substance, and was used in missions to Mars. — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, "What a new WSU study tells us about the earliest days of smoking tobacco in the Northwest," 30 Oct. 2018 Some homeopaths believe that water molecules can have memories of the substance and that shaking the dilutions can increase their healing potency. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Bogus homeopathy data published in top journal sparks outcry, facepalms," 10 Oct. 2018 Facebook denied most of the substance of the story. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "A conservative Facebook would probably fail — but Facebook should worry about it anyway," 31 Aug. 2018 And 200 raw cherry seeds, also an ounce, contain a relatively low 117 milligrams of the substance. — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, "Are Stone Fruit Seeds Poisonous?," 25 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'substance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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substance
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English Language Learners Definition of substance
: a material of a particular kind
: a drug that is considered harmful and whose use is controlled by law or made illegal
: the quality of being meaningful, useful, or important
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