Matter and People

Matter

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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People and matter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "People" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

People noun - Human beings in general.

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Matter and people are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Matter" instead a noun "People".

Nearby Words: peopled, peopling

good	good matter	good people
normal	normal matter	normal people
ordinary	ordinary matter	ordinary people
regular	regular matter	regular people
Other adjectives: free, dead, actual, real, little, black, living, important, white, new, strange, different.

sense	matter sense	people sense
role	matter role	people role

Shout-Out: At least a dozen per episode; hardly surprising given the subject matter and people like Pegg on the payroll.

Source: Series / Big Train
Just Doing My Job: The Judge tells Twilight that regardless of what his feelings on the matter or the people involved in the case may be, it is his duty to be impartial and judge fairly based on the testimony, evidence, and the arguments of both attorneys presented in the trial.

Source: Web Animation / Turnabout Storm
Then there's the matter of people whose body language and/or emotional responses don't fit the human norm, e.g people with a variety of personality and/or mental disorders.

Source: Living Lie Detector

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