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mattered

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past tense of matter

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to be of importance she believes that doing well in school really does matter

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Recent Examples of mattered Luizzi says changing the bell wasn’t the only measure that mattered. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 That mattered because Baz, while facing Caminero, bounced a pitch, allowing Diaz to race home. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 The only thing that mattered was staying up, rather than any long-term football vision. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Do the attributes that mattered most 10, five or even two years ago still resonate most today? — Steve Karp, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Instead of one person carrying the invisible responsibility of keeping everything together, more members of the household could see what mattered and contribute to what happened next. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Yet, none of that would have mattered if the music didn’t match, or exceed, the visuals. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 These researchers found that school climate and how connected students felt to their school mattered even more for attendance after the pandemic than before it. — Jerome A. Graham, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 Books mattered not only because they were read, but because people read them together. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

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Utilities that lobbied for the change argued that compensating rooftop solar at a higher rate meant that people without solar panels were disproportionately paying the costs of maintaining the overhead lines that everyone uses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Critics have said the size of the gap stems in large part from Connecticut’s lack of investment in special education, which is meant to reduce those disparities as much as possible.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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