matters

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Age matters because children have smaller, less developed livers that metabolize caffeine more slowly.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

For Walmart, the bottom line matters because its tech-like growth story, which has helped catapult its share price to 43 times forward earnings, is predicated on growing operating profits faster than revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

America may have empowered the president to give the capital a case of Mar-a-Lago face, but the city’s inhabitants get only the slightest of say in federal matters.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

“This is public health, and public health matters at a time like this,” said Shaw, who marched in the parade with Mommabear & Friends, a nonprofit organization in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

To make matters even worse, the food emitting that delicious smell, the food that Maya-Jade was eating, was lasagna.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman