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mattering

verb

present participle of matter

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 But those friendships don’t stop mattering when the school day ends, especially when group chats and social media keep everyone connected. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026 Trust ends up mattering more than uptime in deciding which platforms get automated against, and which get left out. — Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Sai’Vion Jones is a third-round pick from 2025, and maybe that ends up mattering here, but Jackson’s a better player at this stage. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 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

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Nvidia's flagship Vera Rubin product is a seven-foot rack containing 72 GPUs and weighing as much as a pickup truck.

— Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The salty bacon and fluffy eggs formed that classic breakfast flavor, while the potatoes added a satisfying heartiness without weighing the taco down.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026

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That’s more than double the cash Tesla’s been garnering from operations in the last few quarters, meaning that will have a much bigger cash deficit in the final three months of 2026.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
On Monday, the Eagles and Hurts’ agent, Nicole Lynn, announced that the Super Bowl LIX MVP has deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli, meaning a blood clot has traveled to his lungs.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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