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Example Sentences
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The player many classed as the world's greatest had failed when it mattered most for him.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
What mattered was less that the meal satisfied any established definition of breakfast than that, sometime after waking, you had allowed yourself to be fed.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
But it hasn’t mattered much, because the best that a USC team has ranked defensively in that span was last year, when the Trojans gave up 23 points per game — 51st in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
How the act was sold, or missold, mattered.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Principal Wombat didn’t like them, said they contributed to unruly behavior, but that hardly mattered as what kid ever wore sunglasses?
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
