- present participle of match.
matching
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It requires updating a model that has quietly outlived its accuracy with the same discipline any good leader applies when the data stop matching the story.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The design shop features marvels such as a lipstick matching the exact hue of Austrian socialite Adele Bloch-Bauer’s lips as painted in Klimt’s gold-flecked 1907 portrait of her, displayed on the museum’s second floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
During Game Four of the NBA Finals, Swift watched alongside musicians Este Haim, Alana Haim and actor Mariska Hargitay in matching blue shirts with either "Stevie Knicks", "Knickelback" or "Knickole Kidman" written in orange.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The groups date back half a century, to the days of the Little Devils, whose mostly white members had matching tattoos and engaged in aggressive policing of mostly Latino communities in East Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
“You’re wearing two of them. They’re a matching set. But really, where did you get them?”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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