for that matter

Idioms  

1. As for that, so far as that is concerned, as in For that matter I'm not too hungry. William Congreve used it in The Old Batchelour (1693; 4:22): “No, no, for that matter, when she and I part, she'll carry her separate maintenance.” [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

He isn’t particularly ideological or, for that matter, worshipful of Trump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Or were they swimming with the normative current in order to maintain careers, families, social standing — or, for that matter, to avoid being sent to asylums for shock treatment?

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

But given the potential health risks, it’s only fair that the information shared by government officials about the carnivore diet — or any dietary pattern for that matter — is accurate and evidence-based.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Sure, but there is no economic value to gambling, or day trading stocks for that matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

How, for that matter, is constancy versus variation, or normalcy versus abnormalcy, defined or written into the genome?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee