How to Use substantive in a Sentence

substantive

adjective

• There is no substantive reason to change the law.
• No substantive changes were made to the document.
• These changes are more symbolic than substantive.
• Work with them, do substantive projects and get feedback.
  — Benjamin Todd, CNBC, 27 May 2026
• There have been no substantive talks about an extension.
  — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 5 June 2026
• But even the more substantive criticisms of her work had taken on a nasty edge.
  — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• There are some things that are a little bit more intended to be substantive.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• The court ultimately did not rule on the substantive claims in the case.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
• United have so far not held substantive talks with Maguire over his future.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• Both phone calls were lengthy and substantive, the GOP aides said.
  — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
• The substantive changes mostly pertain to health care.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
• There’s no space for substantive dissent within the system on this one.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• Read more key takeaways from a substantive, and at times hostile, debate.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
• The county judge is a substantive office.
  — Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2026
• The outlook for substantive change is dismal.
  — Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
• There won’t be any substantive discussion about access to weapons, right?
  — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
• But there was a deeper, more substantive reason for the shift in his attitude.
  — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
• An appeal has been lodged against this ruling but a substantive hearing has not yet been scheduled.
  — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• The lawsuit deals with the interplay of the state budget and substantive laws.
  — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• The lawsuit dealt with the interplay of the state budget and substantive laws.
  — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
• The larger the dollar amount in question, the more substantive the screening is.
  — Brian Herman, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
• Despite the haze, is there substantive reason to expect a coaching change?
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• The rest comes from harder work, richer context and more substantive outputs.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• In the end the meetings produced no substantive breakthrough for either side.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
• United have not held substantive talks with him about next year because his situation is still in play.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• The city will likely need to wrap up a broad downtown plan before making substantive zoning changes.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• Any substantive inquiry into the arrest and subsequent court case would have made all of that plain to see.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
• The substantive progress reports and compliance work sit behind that wall.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
• The paper published it without any substantive changes.
  — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
• But the dog-and-pony show of media days rarely leads to substantive information about strategies or game plans.
  — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 18 July 2023