The phrase "matter at stake" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a particular issue or problem that is important and needs to be resolved. Example: The decision to invest in the new project was not taken lightly, as there was a lot of matter at stake – potential financial gains or losses, impact on the company's reputation, and the well-being of its employees.
Simply entertaining students is not the real challenge; the matter at stake is stimulating original thinking when reading primary sources.
There's only really one grey matter at stake here: older men who don't have grey hair are sinister.
In the meantime, a GoFundMe campaign for Destiny, 18, had already surpassed its $25,000 goal — a factor that may solve the financial matter at stake.
David Cameron has said he "emphatically" will not resign if Scotland votes to leave the UK, as his leadership is not the matter at stake in the referendum.
The US midterm elections matter: at stake is control of Congress, the body that writes legislation and holds the budget of the global superpower.
It upheld the claim of Nadia Eweida, an Egyptian-born Londoner, that her rights were violated when she was forbidden to wear a cross with her British Airways uniform.This challenged what had become a principle in English courts: that people could not claim discrimination unless the matter at stake was a requirement of their religion.
Rather, many of the matters at stake were routine, and nearly all the votes overwhelmingly carried.
For many, the matters at stake are heart and tradition, not brick and mortar.
With such matters at stake, "Brooklyn has not been as solid as the other delegations have," Professor Muzzio said.
In theory, at least, the matters at stake transcend both the Mayor's public-approval rating and the future home of a baseball team.
Nate Robinson and Dwight Howard had no time to play superhero dress-up Wednesday night, with playoff positioning and other weightier matters at stake.
