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matter

[mat-er] / ˈmæt ər /








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But one insult residents won’t brook is someone who doesn’t have confidence in better days ahead for the city no matter how dire things may be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“But the fact of the matter is that those kinds of issues exist throughout the industry.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Most Nestlé employees, no matter their department, tour one of the company’s 335 factories as part of their induction.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

For them it has been a matter of life and death for decades—and that is the one thing no one is talking about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Uncles and cousins and friends arrived each day, but no matter how many people moved in, the rooms always looked to me half empty.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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