as in weighing
to be of importance
she believes that doing well in school really does matter
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Recent Examples of mattering
None of this means compute stops mattering.
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Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.
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Matthew Emerzian,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
In the end, none of these delays may end up mattering.
—
Los Angeles City Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
And so my surreal day-to-day, a regular life broken up by suspensions of my rights, stopped mattering.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
For many drivers, that's a big deal, Valdez Streaty says, with fuel savings mattering more at a time when car prices are sharply up.
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Mike Winters,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Lajos’s transparent skin, initially so intriguing, does not end up mattering or meaning anything.
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Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Lajos’s transparent skin, initially so intriguing, does not end up mattering or meaning anything.
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Good morning from Boston, There are moments that end up mattering.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.
—
Matthew Emerzian,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
In the end, none of these delays may end up mattering.
—
Los Angeles City Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
And so my surreal day-to-day, a regular life broken up by suspensions of my rights, stopped mattering.
—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
For many drivers, that's a big deal, Valdez Streaty says, with fuel savings mattering more at a time when car prices are sharply up.
—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Lajos’s transparent skin, initially so intriguing, does not end up mattering or meaning anything.
—
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Lajos’s transparent skin, initially so intriguing, does not end up mattering or meaning anything.
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Good morning from Boston, There are moments that end up mattering.
—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mattering
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Now the county is weighing greenlighting a nearly $80,000 event.
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City officials have been weighing a similar move in recent months.
Verb
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First, President Dillon asked for existing data centers to be grandfathered in the ordinance, meaning operating data centers can expand without following these rules.
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The resulting bio-char demonstrated a heating value of 29 MJ/kg, meaning that burning 1 kg of the fuel will provide 29 MJ of thermal energy.
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“Mattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattering. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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