How native speakers pronounce “matters”

keep looking and don't settle as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it and like any great

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

I was terrified of blowing the case. And that Washington Post editorial didn’t help matters. A month before the argument, I met Ben.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Now I want to be precise about something. I'm a lawyer, precision really matters. What we were doing was not some trick.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

I think they're wrong. I want to tell you why and why this matters so much. So I've been studying brains, minds and consciousness for nearly 30 years,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

Unlike the separation that you get between software and hardware in a computer. And this really matters because in a computer, you can describe and understand everything about an algorithm,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

going on underneath. The computation, the algorithm is all that matters. But for brains,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

but it is vanishingly unlikely that it actually is. I want to close by returning to why this matters so much. Take the idea of AI welfare.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

They justify value-laden decisions under the pretense of facts. Better understanding prediction matters more than ever because we're relying on forecasting more than ever with AI.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

and insurance loses its reason for being solidarity and the pooling of risk. It might be that in cases in which fairness matters, we might prefer transparent and contestable criteria

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

But I mean, I wouldn't let my husband do that in the office either. It's just, you know, setting matters. But it was only an issue because for us, affection is a reflex.

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

Let me show you how it works. Past performance is what you've already done that matters. Future vision is something that everyone in the room wants.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

when they feel like they're fully engaged, like their work truly matters and like they're doing something bigger than just themselves.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

but I would like to invite you to write a to-love list. Who matters most to you? Who can you be yourself with?

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

Not "What do I need to know for the test?" But "What can I build that matters?" And when you see it, it feels obvious.

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

And this is really what the new science of stress reveals, that how you think about stress matters. So my goal as a health psychologist has changed.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

"I'm learning with purpose." "I can make something that matters." I know I want that for my own kids.

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

The opposite action, lovingly bringing your full attention to the task that matters most, again and again.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

finding calm within you and doing what matters will reset your stress, your life, and maybe the world.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

We work more than we do just about anything else, and how we spend those hours matters. And yet, our current relationship to work isn't quite working.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

often say these days: that one's zip code matters more than your genetic code.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

that patients' lives, the context of where they live and work, matters, and the ability to do something about it in the systems in which we work.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters. Bonnie.

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

really did convince me that building muscle matters a lot more than I thought.

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

so I had to write back and forth with the receptionist at the front desk. To make matters worse, when the doctor came into the room, he said, "Oh, it's alright.

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

and updated continuously. Mass production matters. In a conflict where our capacity is our greatest vulnerability,

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

and remember that what you do during breaks matters too so maybe try stepping away from the

Slow Work

Today, we're mostly focused on helping us be more productive. But why don't we focus instead on what actually matters to us? Why don't we give these AIs a goal to help us be happier, live a better life?

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

tell someone you love just how much you love them. Because an the end of the day, this is all that really matters. Thank you.

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

"I only have so much time on this planet, and I want to spend it doing something that matters. And also, by the way, something I really, really, really love to do."

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

So it's not just at West Point or the National Spelling Bee that grit matters. It's also in school,

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED · TED

The medium doesn't matter. What matters is the doing. What I've learned in this journey of my own

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

OK. So now that we know that talking to strangers matters, how does it work?

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

Spending money helping others doesn't necessarily promote happiness. Instead, it matters how we do it. And if we want people to give more,

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

CA: Sorry. SA: What I think matters though, and what people want to know is not where is this one,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

that get much more capable than we are. The thing that matters is how do we talk about a system that is safe through all of these steps and beyond,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

after me probably will the good news is that I don't think it matters I think that Europe is going to continue to

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

it's very often a totally different experience in English. It's very often the impact that matters more instead of the words.

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

The second characteristic is that they prioritize sex. They decide that it matters for their relationship. They choose to set aside all the other things that they could be doing --

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

They prioritize sex. They decide that it matters for their relationship, that they do what it takes to find their way back to the connection.

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

than being chosen as a priority because that connection matters enough, even after I introduced all of these difficult feelings into our relationship.

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

even though they know you had other things going on that day. It's important to remember that it's not how a relationship starts that matters, it's how it evolves.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

on an algorithm that never says no. And so we need to think about what matters enough to you in intimacy, that you're willing to protect it, to set a boundary around it.

The AI-Generated Intimacy Crisis | Bryony Cole | TED · TED

And: “Just scale things up and magic will arise, and nothing else matters.” So my position is that giving true common sense

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED · TED

and your answer to the final one was different. And why that matters is if I'd been busy trying to solve that first challenge, I'd be offering up my slightly crappy advice

How to Tame Your Advice Monster | Michael Bungay Stanier | TED · TED

I now know I'm not defined by my external successes or failures. It's who I am on the inside that truly matters. Am I acting with love?

What Losing Everything Taught Me About Resilience | Jane Marie Chen | TED · TED

because those children tend to follow more difficult paths in their lives. But then I said that parenting matters, and that good parenting, if you can call it that,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

for as little as 12 minutes a day for two months. Attitude matters. If you're habitually a negative thinker,

The science of cells that never get old | Elizabeth Blackburn

consistently have shorter telomeres. So your home address matters for telomeres as well. On the flip side,

The science of cells that never get old | Elizabeth Blackburn

Because this talk is about the power of not knowing. Here's why this matters now more than ever. We live in a culture that's absolutely obsessed

The Thrill of Not Knowing All the Answers | Harini Bhat | TED · TED

This was an experience of life. It was reminding me why exploration really matters. It's not just about understanding the world with our logical minds.

A Whale’s-Eye-View of the Ocean | Eric Stackpole | TED · TED

All of these initiatives will require public engagement and public support. I think it matters how people think about intervention. I believe we need to bring more balance to how we think about risk.

Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | TED · TED

could have been applied to other topics. But if seeking meaning matters more than finding meaning, the question is not whether I'd be happier for having been bullied,

How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are | Andrew Solomon

or sharing critical feedback. She always created air time for normally avoided matters. With a fierce moral compass that was sometimes incredibly frustrating,

How to Speak Up — Even When You Don’t Want To | Sarah Crawford-Bohl | TED · TED

I decided that it doesn't matter what happens to me. What really matters is how I deal with it. And therefore, I decided to dedicate my life

For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism? | Aziz Abu Sarah

without saying why it's true. This matters because increasingly we have to navigate a world that most of us struggle to fully understand.

Why Does Uncertainty Bother Us So Much? | Adam Kucharski | TED · TED

Now a size-up will look very different in a boardroom or at the kitchen table. What matters is that you identify the critical pieces of information, and then you go out and assess them.

How to Make Big Decisions in Challenging Circumstances | Jonathan Reimer | TED · TED

But we all do face big decisions under uncertainty, where it's up to us and what we do matters. And what I've discovered is that more information may not be the answer,

How to Make Big Decisions in Challenging Circumstances | Jonathan Reimer | TED · TED