be a matter of

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Nonetheless, with AI becoming increasingly ubiquitous, it might only be a matter of time before most people are taking robot recommendations.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

They liked the campaign’s view that if your family has poor health outcomes, it must be a matter of individual failure, whether it’s taking Tylenol or failing to feed kids organic food.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

“It would just be a matter of sitting down,” she said, “and figuring out the best one for the elephants.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“Whether one should or could leave Germany,” says Mr. Buruma, “would turn out to be a matter of life and death.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

If a complete unified theory was discovered, it would only be a matter of time before it was digested and simplified in the same way and taught in schools, at least in outline.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking