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Example Sentences

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That day had to be Monday night, the only day that mattered for a Lakers team on the brink of elimination.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

By studying how ancient people responded to catastrophic eruptions, scientists hope to better understand which survival strategies mattered most and how those lessons could help us face future disasters.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Emotional intelligence and character are going to matter more than they’ve mattered in the past, because the hardest things to automate are the things that depend on relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

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

From Salon • May 7, 2026

They will remember that I lived & my life mattered.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman