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  • noun plural Essential parts.

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  • noun Plural form of substantial.

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Examples

  • "substantials," at which, hoping to participate again in the year of grace 1870, I am,

    Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

  • On the other hand if you beleive the way a president handles his social and married life mirrors his opinions and choices as well as his presidential substantials then i agree.

    Rudy Dominating GOP Field Among Conservatives, Religious Voters 2009

  • On the other hand if you beleive the way a president handles his social and married life mirrors his opinions and choices as well as his presidential substantials then i agree.

    Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Rudy Dominating GOP Field Among Conservatives, Religious Voters 2009

  • A great proportion of architectural ornaments are literally hollow, and a September gale would strip them off, like borrowed plumes, without injury to the substantials.

    Walden 2004

  • Kind nature consoles with shadows for the lack of substantials.

    The Alhambra 2002

  • Kind nature consoles with shadows for the lack of substantials.

    The Alhambra 2002

  • "Provisions and delicacies of every description lay in heaps," Stuart reported with a smack of his lips, "and the men regaled themselves on the fruits of the tropics as well as the substantials of the land."

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • "Provisions and delicacies of every description lay in heaps," Stuart reported with a smack of his lips, "and the men regaled themselves on the fruits of the tropics as well as the substantials of the land."

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Here were long tables with crisp cloths, loaded with both substantials and delicacies.

    Dominion of Canada Day Luncheon 1983

  • No one observed a lack of delicacies, when there was an abundance of substantials.

    Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

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