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For years, that didn’t matter much because the two got along well enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Earlier this year, Albourne, a hedge-fund gatekeeper that advises institutions where to invest their money, lowered its rating on Two Sigma, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Treasury told the Telegraph "decisions on tax are a matter for the Chancellor to set out at fiscal events, rather than routinely commenting on rumour."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Future investigations will explore whether additional brain imaging measurements, including white matter integrity and functional connectivity, can help identify suitable patients, improve electrode placement, and guide treatment settings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Again it was not the kind of matter that could be relayed through the public phone system.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

How much credence a court gives to both the guideline range versus the commentary details matters a lot in a case like Beiard’s, as it can mean the difference of years worth of prison time.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

“What matters is how quickly you learn, the questions you ask, and whether you can think from first principles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

But it needs to actually work, and every voice in support of it matters.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Especially if that country does not cooperate with Norway on security matters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

The only thing that really mattered was the video clips created to trend on social media and the dreams of what might come next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The only thing that mattered was how old they were when the eggs were frozen.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of the most important findings was that the type of smartphone activity mattered, particularly when it came to attention, memory, and other aspects of mental performance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I stood with workers when it mattered, and the workers knew that,” Raman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was the tone of her voice that mattered.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

“The fundamentals are going to end up mattering a lot more than we are maybe thinking right now.”

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

If an edge case splits people roughly down the middle, it effectively stops mattering, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Several analysts argue that the second-quarter number itself may end up mattering less than what management says about the quarter ahead," said Axel Rudolph, a market analyst at IG.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Remove any of those, and the revenue numbers stopped mattering.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

And he found himself thinking that maybe stories don't just make us matter to each other—maybe they're also the only way to the infinite mattering he'd been after for so long.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green