in the matter of
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He compared the current moment with the time before Covid-19 reshaped the global economy and human interaction in the matter of weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
An investigation was "immediately launched" after the BBC's report, he said, with teams building "an intelligence picture in the matter of a few weeks".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
What once felt like a promising future for the Trojans up front had, in the matter of an afternoon, turned particularly bleak.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
On Sept. 1, a hearing in the matter of establishing a guardianship for David Shaw was held before a judge in Shelby County Circuit Court.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023
To the First Baptist Church of Cold Sassy he left “the sum of one dollar in appreciation of its kindness in the matter of my son-in-law Campbell Williams’s funeral.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
