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Examples of subject matter in a Sentence
I found the film's subject matter to be quite disturbing.
She disapproves of the artist's choice of subject matter.
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Her prose skips lightly across the page, no matter how dark the subject matter.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Our mission is to accelerate equity through our subject matter expertise on DEI, precision analytics, health equity, children and families, education, and economic and workforce development.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Cultural analysis is secondary research, collecting pre-existing information from various sources like news, studies and reports, trends, media, subject matter experts, museums, universities and advertising.
—Mary Meehan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
This is dark subject matter and, framed in a certain way, could be quite bleak.
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1657, in the meaning defined above
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“Subject matter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subject%20matter. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
subject matter
noun
: matter presented for consideration in discussion, thought, or study
the poem's subject matter
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