as in meant
to be of importance
she believes that doing well in school really does matter
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Recent Examples of mattered
The partnership mattered because the team believed in a non-traditional podcast.
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Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Haaland was asked about the next and final match of the group stage, against France, which no longer mattered much.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Critics, however, argue those controls fueled public resentment precisely when speed mattered most.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
The fan letter is not merely evidence that Williams mattered.
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Central to Burbank’s thesis was his belief that environment mattered as much, if not more, than heredity.
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The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2026
Meeting the Qataris was luck; delivering was what mattered.
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Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
That drive mattered greatly to Christopher Columbus, who sailed west in 1492.
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Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Haaland was asked about the next and final match of the group stage, against France, which no longer mattered much.
—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Critics, however, argue those controls fueled public resentment precisely when speed mattered most.
—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
The fan letter is not merely evidence that Williams mattered.
—
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Central to Burbank’s thesis was his belief that environment mattered as much, if not more, than heredity.
—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2026
Meeting the Qataris was luck; delivering was what mattered.
—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
That drive mattered greatly to Christopher Columbus, who sailed west in 1492.
—
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mattered
Verb
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That has meant pursuing environmental certifications, cutting energy use with solar panels, and switching to lighter-weight bottles.
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Defendants have claimed the case is a strategic lawsuit against public participation, also known as a SLAPP suit, which legal experts say are meant to dissuade the public from vocal criticisms.
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Taft, who was the 27th president and nearly 6 feet tall, weighed around 300 pounds, according to the Supreme Court of Ohio.
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Casper O'Brien, 7, weighed 255 pounds at the time of his death, police said.
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“Mattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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