as in meant
to be of importance
she believes that doing well in school really does matter
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Recent Examples of mattered
Chiefs linebacker and team leader Nick Bolton remembered taking pride in the fact that the defense seemed to rise up on snaps that mattered most.
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Jesse Newell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Real-time viewing was what mattered.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
Freedom from fear mattered because frightened societies are easily manipulated.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
During Maduro’s first appearance, what truly mattered, for everyone involved, was informing him of the charges against him, which include narco-terrorism, cocaine-importation, and weapons-conspiracy offenses that harmed the interests of the United States.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Power density mattered for cars.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
For at least one night, none of that mattered.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Instead, Week 18 mattered as the Ravens defeated the Green Bay Packers and made the matchup a winner-takes-all scenario at Acrisure Stadium.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
What happened over the next few minutes showed how much Reed's words mattered to teammates.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Jesse Newell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Real-time viewing was what mattered.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
Freedom from fear mattered because frightened societies are easily manipulated.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
During Maduro’s first appearance, what truly mattered, for everyone involved, was informing him of the charges against him, which include narco-terrorism, cocaine-importation, and weapons-conspiracy offenses that harmed the interests of the United States.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Power density mattered for cars.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
For at least one night, none of that mattered.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Instead, Week 18 mattered as the Ravens defeated the Green Bay Packers and made the matchup a winner-takes-all scenario at Acrisure Stadium.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
What happened over the next few minutes showed how much Reed's words mattered to teammates.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mattered
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Protesters said the demonstration was meant to reflect democratic participation in its most visible form — expressive, passionate, and impossible to ignore.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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This drawstring pair is meant to have a relaxed, slouchy leg and a high-rise silhouette.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The sheriff’s office voluntarily released some documents and video to Cal-OSHA amid late-December court hearings that weighed the sheriff’s request to reject the subpoenas for interviews and documents against Cal-OSHA’s request to uphold them.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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In doing so, the Cuban government creates a harmful imbalance in how these two dimensions are described and weighed.—
Ricardo Torres,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Mattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattered. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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