mattered
Example Sentences
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Miles said he was grateful the truth mattered, even after all these years, but that he wishes more than anything his dad were alive to see his name cleared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
How the act was sold, or missold, mattered.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
It mattered little that it had to drop its Scandinavian roots for Greek mythology -- the anachronism blended into the service of Nolan's brand of realism.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
They ultimately changed their surname to match their wife’s, deciding that sharing one family name mattered more than preserving their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
When Mima and Papa were younger, it must not have mattered that he was twenty years older than her.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
