matter

Example Sentences

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Sea surface temperatures matter because they strongly influence weather around the world.

From Science Daily

A number of personnel were asked to leave the base by Wednesday evening, one source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

From Barron's

Guha said he’s not sure whether Congress would need to approve such a trade, though he said it would as a practical matter require consultation with House and Senate legislators.

From MarketWatch

Saadi, the Harvard neurologist, said that as a general matter, determining whether someone had a seizure is “not something even neurologists can do accurately just by looking at it.”

From Salon

"No matter when you go in, whether you're the first person in or the last person in, you have the same opportunity," she added.

From BBC