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mattered

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past tense of matter

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to be of importance she believes that doing well in school really does matter

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Recent Examples of mattered At almost any other place in the canyon, the flood wouldn’t have mattered. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026 Dolly sang songs about her own life and said things that mattered to us. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The gap was too wide, and engineers adjusted the system itself because every edge case mattered. — Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 During their time apart, the world in which the soulful Southern rock outfit from Athens, Alabama, rose first to prominence and then to stardom, was upended in just about every way that mattered — socially, politically, and musically. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026 For a kid like me, who grew up in a home where asking for help wasn’t always easy, that safety net mattered. — Todd Buchanan, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 The Italian machine was dominating the GT racing world, and Shelby wanted a weapon capable of taking it on at the sort of speeds where aerodynamics mattered as much as horsepower. — New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026 Luizzi says changing the bell wasn’t the only measure that mattered. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 The only thing that mattered was staying up, rather than any long-term football vision. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

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Utilities that lobbied for the change argued that compensating rooftop solar at a higher rate meant that people without solar panels were disproportionately paying the costs of maintaining the overhead lines that everyone uses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Critics have said the size of the gap stems in large part from Connecticut’s lack of investment in special education, which is meant to reduce those disparities as much as possible.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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