substantiveness

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Noun
  • Olathe’s trajectory mirrors what’s happening across Johnson County — which saw more than 90% of the homes go up in value in 2024, with the average home prices sitting at $508,000 and average sale price at $557,000.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Cultural, linguistic, and value-based assimilation challenges arise, potentially altering national identities and eroding civilizational confidence.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Forensic scientists were called in, but none of the roughly 100 people who were there had a noticeable physical reaction to the substance.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Omar, a Democrat, was calling for the abolishment of ICE and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign when a man sitting in the front row rushed up to her and sprayed her with a substance while yelling at her.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Los Angeles Times reported that some festival-goers were purchasing $600 to $750 worth of apparel each.
    Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla sold $430 million worth of its giant backup batteries called Megapacks to xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, in 2025, according to a filing on Thursday.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Despite knowing its importance, two-thirds of people never negotiate their compensation—a decision that costs individuals roughly $1 million over their careers.
    Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The purpose of this new event is to emphasize the importance of winter on bourbon development.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the Reader, Conway intends to bring her investigative chops and the alternative newspaper’s heritage of long-form journalism back to prominence on its pages.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The delicate, specialized technique handled by plumassiers, or feather specialists, rose to prominence in modern-day millinery and fashion for day and evening — faux and real — in the early 1900s.
    Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the time, the act seemed to defy French political gravity.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Under the plan, the CYZ1 vehicle could launch as early as 2028, offering passengers a brief zero-gravity experience at an altitude of 100 kilometers.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Heat are muddling along with a roster that isn’t good enough to do anything of significance, have no young player with obvious star upside, can’t create significant cap room for at least two more years and owe a future pick to the Hornets from the disastrous Terry Rozier trade.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • February marks Black History Month, a time to examine historic monuments in Dallas that still hold significance for the city's African-American community.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
    Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Teshuva requires internal reflection, genuine remorse, and an acknowledgement of the seriousness of harm caused.
    Guila Benchimol, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Substantiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substantiveness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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