matter of taste
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmatterandtaste
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matter
noun
uk/ˈmæt.ər/us/ˈmæt̬.ɚ/
a situation or subject that is being dealt with ...
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taste
noun
uk/teɪst/us/teɪst/
the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize ...
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(Definition ofmatterandtastefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmatter of taste
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We would also claim that language is inherently interesting, but this is ultimately amatteroftaste.
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It is amatteroftaste, not principle, whether system-makers are taken to be the best or the worst of the group.
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It is often amatteroftastewhether freshness forbids bound names as well.
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In part, of course, it is amatteroftaste.
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Of course, what to include is much amatteroftaste, but at times one is puzzled.
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Also, that ethics have been considered to be amatteroftasteand beyond scientific methodology.
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To say that it became amatteroftasteis not in any way to belittle it.
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What one sank (1911), surrounded (1901), or oiled up (1898) with was amatteroftaste.
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Generally speaking, the choice ismatteroftaste.
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Is the definition of selection ultimately amatteroftasteor semantics, with one answer being as good as another?
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But this is amatteroftaste, no doubt.
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He discusses how in fact ethics are not amatteroftaste, but have a necessary evolutionary adaptive function.
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The choice of syntax is amatteroftaste, since the two representations are semantically equivalent.
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Yet, although scientific controversies have no decision procedure, they are not just amatteroftasteor arbitrariness.
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It is, however, amatteroftastewhether the end is uglier than the extra parentheses.
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The brands that we choose to buy are partly a subjectivematteroftaste.
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From a mathematical point of view, these two approaches are equivalent and it is just amatteroftastewhich one to follow.
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It is available in new ways, for new kinds of public as amatteroftaste.
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As music was freed from the domain of tradition it began to emerge for the first time as music (music in itself), and as amatteroftaste.
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