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match

[mach] / mætʃ /




VERB
be equal to, harmonize with
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Tech stocks have had a bumpy ride because of fears that the buzz around artificial intelligence may not match reality and that shares in the sector are overcooked.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Pension funds and insurers that need to match the durations of their liabilities with similar assets snap up the longest-dated bonds even when yields are absurdly low.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

It’s a welcome outlier in terms of production on the set, with a growling, distorted guitar, but Ms. Abrams’s singing doesn’t match the ominous tone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

They had wanted a historic home with an old-world Spanish feel to match two Renaissance chairs they bought in Granada, Spain, but that dream became something much bigger.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

She’s smiling at least as wide as she did when she scored the winning goal in the spring soccer championships, and I stretch my smile out to match.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Last season Foden scored seven goals and assisted five times in 33 Premier League games, while the previous campaign he scored seven and assisted twice in 28 top-flight matches.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Here’s what they will remember forever from 39 days and 104 World Cup matches.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

That value is considerably lower than measurements from all previously studied near-side samples, but it closely matches the theoretical composition expected after strong solar wind fractionation.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

But the matches were background noise in our living room during family parties as we splashed around in the swimming pool at our Anaheim home.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Bobby, feeling as though he were playing hooky from school, had a good time competing in the matches, usually at the relatively leisurely time limit of sixty moves in two hours.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

If those sales proceeds were reinvested in a manner that matched changes in the S&P 500 stock index, they would have grown to about $90 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Before the war, the global oil market was connected by a giant web of tankers that matched each kind of crude to the refinery best suited to handle it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

"Canada, as is its right, has merely matched those measures," Carney said.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

In laboratory experiments and controlled applications on skin, the tetrapod sunscreen produced a warmer appearance that more closely matched natural skin tones.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

With her yellow dress and dark silk headscarf, she matched the black-eyed Susans sprouting in her apartment’s window box.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The technology industry led, with nearly $50 million in donations, almost matching the entirety of funds raised by President Barack Obama in 2009.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

The Boston Red Sox remained one win shy of matching their team-record longest win streak, set in 1946, after their Major League Baseball game against Baltimore was rained out on Tuesday.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Turning the valve back on gets oil moving, but it takes time to optimize the tanker/refiner matching.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Across all levels of honours at New Year 2026, 38% of recipients were from working class backgrounds, matching the national figure of 37%.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

She was dressed in her gray suit, with matching bags under her eyes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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