mattered

Example Sentences

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The rhetoric we use to define how we nourish ourselves has always mattered.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The law and its subsequent reauthorizations ultimately made sure that minority citizens’ votes mattered, outlawing policies, such as gerrymandered maps, that watered down their political power.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

We asked readers which U.S. technologies, including the cotton gin, the microchip and even the dishwasher, have mattered most.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

In his later years, he advanced the theory that what you took away from hearing a performance mattered as much, if not more, than what you experienced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Those that mattered to a six-year-old, at any rate.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson