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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 Perhaps that was the right model in the services era, where proximity to the work was the differentiator, but when work can be automated, being close to it stops mattering. — Nick Heddy, Forbes.com, 8 July 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 Good morning from Boston, There are moments that end up mattering. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 Once wins and losses stop mattering, the attention turns to how those players are progressing. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

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Cities around the country are weighing tradeoffs that come with data centers that require massive amounts of power and land.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
During testing, the robot moved a refrigerator weighing more than 100 pounds after training with substantially lighter loads.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

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The stadium occupies the site where a foundry once made New York’s distinctive fire hydrants, meaning the locals have for generations known this corner of the Yorkshire town as ‘New York’.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
The lawsuit was dismissed Monday without prejudice, meaning the case may be filed again.

— Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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