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The phrase "a substantive link" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a meaningful or significant connection between two or more elements, such as ideas, concepts, or entities.
Example: "The research findings demonstrate a substantive link between diet and mental health."
Alternatives: "a meaningful connection" or "a significant relationship".
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But it concluded that Mateen's ties to Moner Abu-Salha were "minimal" and did not represent a substantive link, Hopper said.
In contrast, there are philosophers who believe that reference — understood as providing a substantive link between language and the world — is not a subject worthy of serious philosophical study.
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Meanwhile — contradicting the zero-sum logic of some who might believe that a minute spent social networking is a minute spent not attending to schoolwork — the study found no substantive link between time spent on Facebook and time spent studying.
Empirical results typically reveal significant correlations only across markets that are located in proximate geographic areas, with no substantive links between markets across wider zones.
As has been discussed above, there is a substantive body of evidence linking defective copper homeostasis to the pathobiology of diabetes and its experimental treatment with trientine [ 9, 21] which points to major differences between the mechanisms of action of the two drugs.
The second issue is that aid effectiveness principles are most likely to be operationalized when linked to a substantive reform agenda.
Initiation of epidermal TC development is linked with a substantive burst in ethylene biosynthesis, regulated by an auxin-induced expression of ACC synthases [ 19], driving expression of ethylene response factors (ERFs) [ 19] and particularly so for uniform wall formation (Additional file 11).
In 1984, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, then on the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, regretted that the Supreme Court had "treated reproductive autonomy under a substantive due process/personal autonomy headline not expressly linked to discrimination against women".
(In Insular Celtic, there are two verbs for "to be," a substantive verb with the meaning, roughly, "to exist," and a linking verb such as "is" in "John is a boy" or "sky is blue").
These findings correlate well with the mtDNA genomic features of each group described above, and with their modes of DNA replication, although a substantive amount of biochemical work is needed to draw conclusive links regarding the latter.
To describe patients' and doctors' perceptions of diagnostic delay in TB patients in the Arkhangelsk region and to develop a substantive model to better understand the mechanisms of how these delays are linked to each other.
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