mattered

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For instance, in 2014, Ty Herndon reissued his debut single “What Mattered Most” with pronouns adjusted to reflect his own identity, a small but symbolic act of reclamation.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2025

“They really changed the game of hockey in so many ways,” said Seattle author Kevin Ticen, who recently released an updated version of his “When It Mattered Most” book chronicling the Metropolitans.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

The party quickly took on a mythic distinction in the city’s social history as a fin de siècle assemblage of Those Who Mattered, when print media still had the cachet to make those determinations.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022

For the next seven weeks, as the show’s final episodes air on AMC, we’ll be chattering about Why “Mad Men” Mattered.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2015

Actually, Everyone Who Mattered felt Raichi Museum's granite walls were much more dignified than the narrow, glass-faced arcade that was the Fane, wide open to the most disrespectfully casual public inspection all the time.

From Zero Data by Saphro, Charles