matter
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Should the matter proceed to litigation, a central question will be whether Bianco was acting within the scope of his duties as sheriff when he seized the ballots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Met said it was reviewing the matter and deciding whether to refer itself to the police watchdog.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The costs of maintaining the house and your ability to live there safely as you age all matter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The outcome in France will matter on its own terms.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
And yet, no matter how much we bicker, I’ll never deny his talent for cooking.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
And how the numbers stack up on Wednesday matters intensely too.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
That classification is commonly used to shield a variety of federal records from public release, including those containing personnel information, details about ongoing law enforcement operations and matters protected by attorney-client privilege.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
“My husband is also just a really good gut check for me of what matters to the people of Los Angeles versus what matters in the hallways of power,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"The reasons regarding his decision relate to integrity matters, that he did not previously disclose," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
All have trouble making decisions on personal or social matters.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Speaking at the screening of mystery-thriller Black Church Bay at the Iris Prize Festival, the Downton Abbey and House of the Dragon actor said representation mattered.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Taylor Farms maintained that its own branded salad kits were unaffected, a distinction that mattered scientifically, if not necessarily psychologically, to shoppers eyeing the refrigerated wall of greens.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The only thing that mattered was how old they were when the eggs were frozen.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I stood with workers when it mattered, and the workers knew that,” Raman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
As real people with real feelings, Maggie and Elisha no longer mattered.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
“The fundamentals are going to end up mattering a lot more than we are maybe thinking right now.”
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Yet overall yield levels could start mattering a lot more in markets if the 10-year Treasury yield were to top 5%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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
Researchers across a variety of fields view mattering as a missing pillar of well-being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
The mattering of it filled her up and she threatened to burst with it.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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