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mismatch

[mis-mach, mis-mach] / mɪsˈmætʃ, ˈmɪsˌmætʃ /


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In a TV appearance, executives involved in the agreement said the extreme supply and demand mismatch for Nvidia’s chips means they make excellent collateral, unlike fast-depreciating computer processors of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

This may point to a mismatch where graduates aren’t building experience in the industries suited to their skills or desires.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

"In the next British election, the votes-to-seats mismatch could be even bigger," said Klausen.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

This term has also revealed the profound philosophical mismatch between the court and the public.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

Elizabeth and her friend are a total mismatch.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Similarly, longtime HSI insiders cautioned that using the agency’s databases and tools to search these lists would yield mismatches and wildly inflated results.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

At institutional funds, by comparison, there aren’t frequent windows for investors to exit, which prevents mismatches between their assets and obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Semiconductor stocks have historically been cyclical, experiencing boom-and-bust phases from supply-demand mismatches.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 2026

“We were in the flow, the ball was moving and we got mismatches that we like,” Musselman said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2026

In the absence of money, the economy stagnates, degenerates and, finally, collapses because of massive mismatches of supply and demand aggregates and of the types of goods and services on offer and demanded.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

What follows — the drained reserves, the mismatched oil, the strained grid and the price we all pay — is the fallout.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Officials estimate about 5 ballots remain to be counted and 17,650 are waiting to cure a missing or mismatched signature.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

Accuracy for the mismatched items dropped to nearly zero in some cases.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

Its officers found a lack of basic bookkeeping records and mismatched information.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

There were steps leading up to a loft area with floor seating where pillows of mismatched colors, patterns, and sizes surrounded a few short tables.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.

From New York Times Jan. 16, 2024

"We find that user engagement increases when the national headquarters lead the production of content and the local accounts follow either by tweeting to a matching or mismatching audience, depending on timing in the operation."

From Science Daily Oct. 10, 2023

Flowers that bloom in early balmy weather run the risk of mismatching with their primary pollinators—such as hummingbirds or bees—which can follow non-climate-dependent cues such as day length.

From Scientific American Mar. 22, 2023

“The mismatching of financial market pricing and economic reality is both stark and stretched,” Bennett said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2023

It's like mismatching anything else—gloves or stockings—and wearing the wrong ones together.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney




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