- present participle of matter.
mattering
Example Sentences
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“The fundamentals are going to end up mattering a lot more than we are maybe thinking right now.”
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
If an edge case splits people roughly down the middle, it effectively stops mattering, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Several analysts argue that the second-quarter number itself may end up mattering less than what management says about the quarter ahead," said Axel Rudolph, a market analyst at IG.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
As commander-in-chief, he noted, "you are worshipped and loved by all today, not loved by everyone tomorrow, and are guilty of everything the day after tomorrow, with none of your achievements mattering".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Without Katherine and without the Theorem and without his hopes of mattering, he had very little.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
