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Anthropic’s third-quarter revenue rose 45% to $16.8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A person with direct knowledge of the matter told the outlet that Zacharia took the exam around the same time that she was planning a wedding and preparing to move to China with her husband-to-be.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Most obviously, Carrick, having deflected questions about the defender's outburst in the immediate aftermath of the game, will face more probing on the matter when he speaks to the media before Sunday's trip to Leeds.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Having a plan is another matter, and that’s why I never ran for mayor, and why Pratt faded out of the picture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
I’ll go to the most esteemed music conservatory on the East Coast—the Juilliard School—and from there, it’s only a matter of time before I reach my ultimate goal: first chair in the New York Philharmonic.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
A White House official said Zacharia wasn’t hired by the president to work on legal matters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Location matters too, as you say you live in a major metropolitan area.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
What the IMF says matters – it aims to keep the global economy stable and its twice-yearly forecasts are one of the most authoritative looks at what is really going on around the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“That was about my grief and feeling like I’ll never be over that, and that without that person, nothing matters anymore,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Nothing else matters beyond the flames in her eyes.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
One of the most important findings was that the type of smartphone activity mattered, particularly when it came to attention, memory, and other aspects of mental performance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“His service mattered, and his loss will be deeply felt across our city,” Puza wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Following her landmark gold medal on Wednesday, Mu said the only thing that mattered was ability.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
“She wanted paintings of the people who mattered to her.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was like the only thing that mattered was whatever was displayed in that table at the center of the room.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
“The fundamentals are going to end up mattering a lot more than we are maybe thinking right now.”
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Several analysts argue that the second-quarter number itself may end up mattering less than what management says about the quarter ahead," said Axel Rudolph, a market analyst at IG.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The revenue Huang points to is years from mattering; most of today’s physical-AI money is self-driving and factory automation rather than humanoids.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The consequences of neglecting our sense of mattering are measurable and profound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Hana told me she wears her armband to make sure people don’t forget about us mattering.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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