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the information or ideas that are discussed or dealt with in a book, movie, etc.; what something is about I found the film's subject matter to be quite disturbing. The magazine's editors care more about style than about subject matter. She disapproves of the artist's choice of subject matter.
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Recent Examples of subject matters The ability to read and comprehend is a foundational skill without which students are doomed to fail in mathematics and other subject matters. —
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 Certified teachers will provide small group tutoring assistance for all subject matters for students in second through eighth grade. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Her subject matters have always been serious, but the artist has struggled with how the art institutions responded to her work. —Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 But the District works very hard to produce a curriculum that is focused on the tools that will best expand our students' understanding of subject matters. —Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 Certified teachers will provide small group tutoring assistance for all subject matters for students in second through eighth grade. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Her subject matters have always been serious, but the artist has struggled with how the art institutions responded to her work. —Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 But the District works very hard to produce a curriculum that is focused on the tools that will best expand our students' understanding of subject matters. —Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
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In Iowa, an appellate court ruled earlier this month that the state can enforce a law that limits teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten through the sixth grade and bans some books.— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Privacy and ethics while matching data with locations were hot topics during Friday’s panel discussion on GIS technology and uses.— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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After five months, DriveSavers recovered the contents of two of them, with artifacts of the damage still visible in certain images.— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Consuming the contents of jars could be life-threatening, HiPP said.— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
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The effort to subtly incorporate climate themes into games echoes similar initiatives in film and TV.— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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As usual, Bey’s lyrics touch on heavy themes without pressing on them.— Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
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Above you, the luminous gold ceiling stretches like a floating carpet of intricate diamond motifs.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Dec-aura points are the decor version—the design, decoration, and styling motifs that elevate a space into something undeniably chic, magnetic, and inviting.— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
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So far, police have not revealed the suspect's identity or motives.— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
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Police said the investigation is ongoing and did not provide any information about suspects or potential motives.— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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For centuries figurative sculptors have found ways to render their subjects in motion.— Dawn Chan, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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As Siâvash increasingly retreats into imaginary characters, the documentary traces a sibling relationship shaped and strained by displacement, set against a backdrop of escalating tension between Iran and the United States that carries personal consequences for both subjects.— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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Princess Elizabeth and her family toured the Sandringham Park grounds, which were being used for agricultural purposes to contribute to the war efforts, in August 1943.— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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What does rankle, however, is that that by glossing over such matters, the final film has been mostly stripped of any humanity, good and bad.— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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Fed officials are not entitled to the same special deference in their stewardship of public monies…or in bank regulatory and supervisory policy…or in areas affecting international finance, among other matters.— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Subject matters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/subject%20matters. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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