substantiveness

noun

Definition of substantivenessnext
as in value

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  1. value
  2. substance
  3. worth
  4. importance
  5. prominence
  6. gravity
  7. significance
  8. seriousness
Noun
  • Marriott’s underlying core value of care is just one of the reasons that leaders like Martinez choose to stay with Marriott.
    — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • By merging the two failing car companies, Marchionne created the seventh-largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, increasing Fiat’s value more than tenfold.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of value
Noun
  • The Journal noted how Moore, then Harbaugh’s offensive coordinator, gave several players hits of the substance during the first quarter of Michigan’s victory over Ohio State earlier that year.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Chemists knew that for such a reaction to occur, the catalyst (the substance that drives the reaction) would have to have a specific chirality (handedness) itself.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of substance
Noun
  • Supermarket owners described throwing out nearly a dumpster’s worth of frozen food.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The massive 600,000-square-foot structure of glass, concrete, and steel (two Eiffel Towers’ worth of steel, according to the company), looms over its environment like a spaceship from another world.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of worth
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  • The project highlights the growing importance of the defence industrial base in determining how quickly military modernization programmes can deliver results.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Qatar has been building an international energy portfolio for more than a decade, and those assets are taking on more importance as the country’s exports have dwindled during the Iran war.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of importance
Noun
  • Known for risque stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol, Brand rose to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting television programs and his own BBC radio show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Over the next decade, the museum gained in public prominence and critical standing.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of prominence
Noun
  • Targeting equipment essential to the preservation of fresh products and to the food supply of the French people is of extreme gravity and is unprecedented.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The smaller probe will then head toward the asteroid's surface, a descent that should take two to three hours depending on 269 Justitia's precise gravity, which remains unknown.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • The scene’s relatively minor significance reflects a fourth season that comes into its own in a similarly minor key.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
  • China recognized the strategic significance of these resources early and has spent decades building a near monopoly over the critical mineral industry in many parts of Africa.
    — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of significance
Noun
  • Petersen also was struck by the seriousness of today’s youth.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • By early 2023, in response to these trends, NATO stepped up the seriousness and urgency of its discussions on Russian hybrid activity.
    — Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of seriousness
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