mattered

verb

past tense of matter
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 finish was calm, and came after good pressing from himself and Viktor Gyokeres, but the celebration that followed was what mattered. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 None of this much mattered to student Aayden Vasquez, who is excited about starting at Pacoima Middle School and shook hands with Chait, Garcha and anyone else who offered a palm during their visit to his home. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 To raise the bar even higher, Dyson decided that the aesthetics of an essential household appliance mattered just as much as its performance. — Andy Nguyen, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 By then, the question of whether Arendt belonged chiefly to German or American intellectual life mattered less than the interplay in her soul between the two. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Race still mattered, but the boundaries of political belonging became more flexible and expansive. — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 If the welfare of farmers had been of any interest to anybody who mattered, then some alarm might have been taken from the rapid decline in the number of farms and farmers. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Palafox, who did his PhD in computer vision and worked on autonomous systems at Meta’s Reality Labs before founding HappyRobot, said his research background mattered less than expected. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 There is a clear scientific record that NPIs mattered and impacted Covid-19 transmission. — Thomas J. Bollyky, STAT, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mattered
  1. meant
  2. weighed
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  • The depth of the content is unmatched by supplier websites and videos, which are meant to promote the product.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Workers building and fixing data centers has meant a stream of new customers at businesses like Quincy Hardware & Lumber.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of meant
Verb
  • Crude prices rose on the development, and Asia markets traded mixed as investors weighed the latest twist in one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The costs and benefits of each data-center location to the developer and to the community should always be weighed and made publicly available.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of weighed

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“Mattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattered. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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