How to Use matter in a Sentence
- He has a few personal matters to deal with.
- Can matter and energy be changed into each other?
- Disagreement is one thing, but accusations of lying are a different matter altogether!
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The virus killed 37 people linked to the home in a matter of weeks.
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Michael Schulson/undark,
Popular Science,
22 June 2020
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The fact of the matter is that his wife Patti has a vote too.
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Susan Tompor,
Detroit Free Press,
21 Nov. 2019
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But even the fact Southgate is in the job is a matter of luck.
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Jonathan Wilson,
SI.com,
10 July 2018
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Friend-of-the-court briefs took an even broader view of the matter.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
13 Sep. 2022
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Williams didn’t care what any lawyers had to say about the matter.
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oregonlive,
15 Feb. 2023
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Zhukovskyy and his lawyer have yet to comment on the matter.
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Fox News,
2 Aug. 2019
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The next step would then be how Goodell rules on the matter.
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Jim Ingraham,
Forbes,
28 May 2022
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The truth of the matter is that there has been content to carry us.
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Frank Pallotta,
CNN,
10 May 2020
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There’s a common theme among some of the court matters.
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Patrick Danner,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 June 2018
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Because the fact of the matter is all that dirt and grime has to go somewhere.
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Country Living,
22 Nov. 2019
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The facts of the matter are there is a reality to that.
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James Weber,
The Enquirer,
16 Sep. 2022
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And for the last 50 days, nor has anyone else for that matter.
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Robert Avery,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Apr. 2020
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The pain dissipates in a matter of days, and that’s it.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2020
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Lewis couldn’t feel any part of his leg for that matter.
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Mark Stewart,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Oct. 2022
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On second thought, Lamb does have a few words on the matter.
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Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2021
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Trump said in one of a series of morning tweets on the matter.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Apr. 2018
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The pope agreed to launch one, but then proceeded to drag his feet on the matter.
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Anne Thériault,
Longreads,
3 July 2018
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This makes more sense to us as a way that matter might behave.
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Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
6 Jan. 2021
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This was the first time in their careers that Jason beat Travis (and beat the Chiefs, for that matter).
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Chris Morris,
Fortune,
22 Nov. 2023
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No, not a drug dealer, which was a matter of bad taste.
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Jonathan Dee,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2021
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As a matter of sheer numbers, there are just not enough kids to do such a thing.
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Ann Killion,
San Francisco Chronicle,
6 May 2021
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Strides are good, but the end goal should be winning the vital games that matter.
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Stephen Means,
cleveland,
20 Mar. 2021
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Joshua Gray was matter of fact as to what needs to improve from his unit.
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oregonlive,
8 Sep. 2021
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Thank God facts exist and matter, at least in some places.
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Sam Bahour,
Washington Post,
3 June 2021
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Then there was the matter of understanding what was in the bill.
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New York Times,
4 Nov. 2021
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As a result, the GOP currently holds its largest advantage on economic matters since the Reagan era.
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TIME,
10 Apr. 2024
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If no candidate can secure a majority, the council will reconvene the next day to settle the matter.
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Taylor Seely,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Apr. 2024
- It may not matter to you, but it matters a lot to me!
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But in the era of meme stocks, that doesn’t seem to matter.
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Robert Hackett,
Fortune,
3 June 2021
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That month mattered to her, and to all of them, and maybe to you.
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Chavi Eve Karkowsky,
Slate Magazine,
30 Oct. 2017
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But that didn’t matter, the tastes of home were enough.
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Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
9 July 2020
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What matters most to him is to feel and live like a Brit.
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Verena Dobnik,
The Seattle Times,
2 June 2018
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That does not matter as a trip to the league’s hottest team on the road awaits them.
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Dallas News,
21 Jan. 2023
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That’s all that’s going to matter in the grand scheme of things.
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Nolan King,
MMA Junkie,
3 Feb. 2020
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Their games matter now, and fans will tune in to watch them.
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Joseph Goodman | [email protected],
al,
16 June 2021
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But debate rages as to which matters more in the ocean.
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Quanta Magazine,
5 Feb. 2020
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Hands on a clock didn’t seem to matter much at the moment.
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Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
29 Aug. 2022
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But money goals should be tied to the things that matter most to you.
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Nerdwallet,
cleveland,
14 Jan. 2023
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Those who tried found that the things that used to matter to them no longer did in the same way.
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Barry J. Jacobs,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
6 July 2018
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But if none of that matters to you, this might: sloths.
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Kelly Corbett,
House Beautiful,
4 Mar. 2020
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The scent profile is the first thing that matters when choosing the best cologne.
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Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
5 Jan. 2024
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All that matters though is our friend is safe and alive!
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Marisa Sullivan,
Peoplemag,
20 Oct. 2023
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But the other point here is that next time, the courts may not matter.
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Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
10 Oct. 2022
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None of these claims are true, but that doesn’t matter.
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Author: Lisa Rein,
Anchorage Daily News,
18 Apr. 2021
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That didn’t seem to matter in the early stages of the game as the Kings came out firing.
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Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Apr. 2024
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Make your voice heard on the issues that matter to you.
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Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2023
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This was still Lebanon, where style matters, even in war.
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Kim Ghattas,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2024
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And that was all that mattered in my first moments as a mom.
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Glamour,
9 Jan. 2020
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The fact that her life didn’t matter in this verdict is painful.
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Susan Dunne,
courant.com,
5 Oct. 2020
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But what mattered most was the dash between those years.
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Tom Green,
AL.com,
12 Oct. 2017
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All that mattered was to be near Bhagwan and do his work.
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Susan Harfouche,
The New Republic,
12 Apr. 2018
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That crime in the city over all was still at historic lows didn’t matter.
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Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
23 June 2021
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That matters all the more in a world as chaotic as today’s.
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Mark Malloch-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Jan. 2024
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Is there any chance that some of the players just feel like this year doesn't matter?
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Chris Solari,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Nov. 2020
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And in a fair and rational world, none of it would matter.
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Nina Metz,
chicagotribune.com,
10 Mar. 2022
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There wasn’t much to go on, but that didn’t matter either.
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Lauren Oyler,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2021
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But to Arora and the rest of the crew, each person that comes through the line matters as a human being.
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Sophie Carson,
Journal Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2024
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