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Example sentences for: mattered

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It was all a matter of keeping the home fires burning and preserving the values that mattered.
I think this culture mattered to as many middle-class Americans as it did because these works were produced and dispensed and promoted by mainstream businesses, who knew how to reach them.
Then, for a second I thought there was a typo involved and you were actually speaking of Maher, as in Bill, from Politically Incorrect . But I couldn't imagine out why he mattered to you so much that you were gleefully remarking on his inclusion in Time . Not wanting to own up to being either ignorant or unhip, I never said a word, even though I still wanted to in my first letter this morning.
If college had remained less important--it once was: Andrew Carnegie for example was dismissive of college graduates--it would have mattered less just what the standards for admission were.
Once upon a time, Roseanne mattered.