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The framework for a deal was consummated in a matter of days, Iger said, although the sale needs to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I always look for the best relations possible with the United States. Always. ... But I’m not going to bow my head, either. It’s not a personal question. It’s a matter of defending the homeland.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The upgrading of amenities wasn’t only a matter of physical adjustments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A Royal Parks spokesperson said pay was a matter for Idverde, adding: "We recognise that this is a matter of concern for those involved and hope that a constructive resolution can be reached."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was like everything I confided to her didn’t matter.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"What matters is that he's alive," said the 43-year-old.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
These credentials mean that the adviser has training in helping you work through your money goals and talk to you about what matters to you and the life you want to live.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"What was striking was how the amount of TBX5 matters immensely," says Zoe Grant, PhD, a first author of the study and a postdoctoral researcher in Bruneau's lab.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
How he does it matters to investors at home too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was still in kindergarten in these matters of love.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It mattered little that, by then, most of the migrants who reached Ceuta had returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
But where was that fury in the room, when it could have mattered?
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Asked why those songs mattered so much, her answer is simple.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Once in office, she championed issues that had mattered to him, including ceding control of the Panama Canal.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
He might look nothing like me, with his olive skin and hazel eyes, but he was my dad in all the ways that mattered.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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
The revenue Huang points to is years from mattering; most of today’s physical-AI money is self-driving and factory automation rather than humanoids.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
We’ll see several startling upsets in this round that won’t end up mattering, along with a disheartening number of 0-0 and 1-1 draws.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
But, with more than a bit of desperation, he regards his work in miniaturization as his “last chance at greatness,” greatness mattering to him a great deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
But past a certain point, height stops mattering so much.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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