simple matter

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"Arranging for an astronaut to carry out a one-year in-orbit residency experiment is by no means a simple matter of adding together two six-month missions in terms of duration," Zhang said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

While enabling AI agents to search the web seems like an easy fix, it isn’t a simple matter of “giving the models google search,” Pereyra said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

But the effect on the trust funds’ returns of cutting rates would be a simple matter of math and law.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

Sometimes it’s a simple matter of bad timing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

So it should have been a simple matter, to pick her way down the bank and go across the grass toward the temple.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan