matter
noun
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed.
were mattering
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past progressiveof matter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But single sales were mattering less and less: 1968 was the first year that album sales outpaced them in Britain and the United States.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2012
