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matter

[mat-er] / ˈmæt ər /








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The debate over LA28’s future spending dragged on for months because the two sides didn’t settle the matter in the 2021 contract that set the terms of their partnership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

Military officials said at the time that the fire spread across a kilometre in a matter of seconds, taking many of those on the base by surprise.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

A single technology company accounts for nearly 70% of DayOne’s business, according to a recent DayOne filing, and people familiar with the matter said that customer was China-based ByteDance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

Your cousin’s request for help with a car repair doesn’t have to rise to the level of elder financial abuse to feel exploitative or, for that matter, to actually be exploitative.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

This morning, I promised myself that no matter what or who happened, I was going to see Mr. Harris.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

This distinction matters because the hippocampus plays a central role in memory and has traditionally been a major focus when doctors look for Alzheimer's-related brain damage.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Broadly, Riner appears to be on the right on economic matters and law and order, but being black and of Caribbean background he is also very strong on racism.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

One European intelligence agency estimates that the Chinese state has around 600,000 people working on intelligence and security matters, dwarfing anything the U.S. or European agencies can muster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Asked about Farage expensing the party, a spokesperson for Reform UK told the Guardian: "As a standard practice, we do not comment on security matters."

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

“What’s happening now that matters? And here—in Ohio?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The charity said it was keen to understand what mattered most to local people and how the site would become a place people felt connected to, valued and enjoyed for generations to come.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

But the counselor treated every question as though it mattered.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Economic growth and full employment mattered less than inflation and the corresponding decline in real wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

It was hard to imagine a world in which the pretty glances of a girl had once mattered to me.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“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

As commander-in-chief, he noted, "you are worshipped and loved by all today, not loved by everyone tomorrow, and are guilty of everything the day after tomorrow, with none of your achievements mattering".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Hana told me she wears her armband to make sure people don’t forget about us mattering.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée


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