How to Use matrix in a Sentence

matrix

noun
  • The wires all crossed each other and formed a matrix.
  • The delta, of course, is filled with a matrix of rivers, sloughs, cuts and coves.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2021
  • In this good-and-evil matrix, Jews are deemed not to fare well.
    Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • One piece is the core of the space, in which all the matrices are simple.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • But there’s a glitch in the matrix; too often, Black Thought’s voice is buried in the mix.
    Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022
  • What hangs on the wall is, in effect, a matrix or shell.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • Mike: The threat matrix in the states looks very different as well.
    How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • This was also why the Soviet Union had to lead the way in the space race: to break free of the catch-up matrix.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
  • Sheila runs to the bank and finds out there’s $57.13 left in their account (love the dot-matrix printer in this scene).
    Rose Maura Lorre, Vulture, 18 June 2021
  • Spleeters says the fragmentation matrix in the Shahed-131 was not made to the same standard as the rest of the device.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • One risk matrix used by NASA has green squares and yellow squares and red squares.
    Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Slide your fingers down the page to the appropriate cell in the matrix.
    Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Mycelium fungus cells feed off wood fibers and form a dense matrix, kind of like a sponge.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The league released the scheduling matrix on Thursday, and — like the rest of the Big 12’s teams — the Jayhawks will play 20 league games this year.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2024
  • Permafrost is a mixture of dirt, sand, or gravel frozen in a matrix of ice.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Picture a classic chess board, which is an eight-by-eight matrix of squares.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The single most eye-catching facet, though, is by far the front-facing LED matrix light bar.
    PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2023
  • These days, the idea that our minds are all jacked into a matrix is rather obvious.
    Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2021
  • After all, snow is mostly air — up to 90% air, trapped in a matrix of ice crystals.
    Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • What are the takeaways from this, other than that Nielsen still has some gaps in its metrics matrix?
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Palmer is one of several artists who includes the matrix that produced the print.
    Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Yeah, there’s this matrix of qualities that any reporter looks at when a tip comes in.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
  • All of that dislocation has become a matrix that shapes the lives of the people Fern meets.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
  • This was the first hint of a glitch in the matrix, portending the rapid reality-bending to come.
    Vulture, 31 Jan. 2022
  • What that matrix does for dice, the S-matrix does for particles.
    Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
  • By the end of one of his lectures, the chalkboard would be dusty from his scribbling of matrix equations and linear curves.
    Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Create a skills matrix and update it at least once a quarter.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The Sandy mayor’s race, for example, took most of a page to list the matrix with eight candidates.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Nov. 2021
  • At the time, NASA would not comment on, or confirm, the space agency's concerns about the risk matrix rating.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Between the polar opposite choices made by Etsy and Tractor Supply, the decision matrix was likely the same.
    Leeatt Rothschild, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

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