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matchmaker

[mach-mey-ker] / ˈmætʃˌmeɪ kər /




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Aisha adjusted her beige veil over her circular-shaped headgear as a matchmaker scrolled through rows of dozens of pictures on a computer to find a man she could be interested in as a potential match.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

She once hired a matchmaker, and recently attended a run club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The humor of “Fiddler” was well accounted for in Lisa Fishman’s Yente, the matchmaker involved in everybody’s business.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

I’d almost convinced myself that his summoning of the matchmaker had just been a conniption, that he’d done it purely to scare me straight.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu