matter of the moment
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Part shaman, part Jeff Spicoli, Mr. Miller would insist his skiing greatness was a matter of the moment, a state that couldn't be defined by hardware like medals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2010
But it is very much a matter of the moment, and what may now seem like a temporal fancy can become, decades hence, a tactile key into the past.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vital matter of the moment was the Pippin's delay in returning for that cuff link!
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
John Murchison had listened to their excited talk, mostly in silence, going on with his dinner as if that and nothing else were the important matter of the moment.
From The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Conyngham realised this, as from a distance, while Julia’s mother spoke of some trivial matter of the moment to unheeding ears.
From In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman
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