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But when the Americans met a top-10 team in Belgium, the matchup proved a mismatch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

They expect an “unprecedented” component-supply mismatch in the second half of the year that will get worse next year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Unkelbauer, who studied palynology -- the study of microscopic biological material found in sediment such as pollen and spores -- illustrates a growing labour market mismatch in Germany.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

The mismatch between theory and observation remains one of the most perplexing problems in modern physics.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

Unfortunately, the telecom companies weren’t paying close attention to the developing mismatch between demand and reality.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Postal Service records and mismatches render a voter inactive and unable to vote until they provide adequate information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Seasonality, demand patterns, refining mismatches and refinery closures, along with the push and pull of economics, also factor into the price.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

Asian countries are limited in how much U.S. energy they can process by infrastructure mismatches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

British heavyweight Anthony Joshua needed six rounds to stop boxing novice Jake Paul, who spent much of the contest in survival mode in one of the most striking mismatches in the sport's history.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

This longing for sincere souls, too, it may well have been which wrung from Clotilda the assertion, that there were mismatches only between souls, not between ranks.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

Many shared screenshots that appeared to show mismatched answer sheets and incorrect marking.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

The cold-storage industry is coping with mismatched supply and demand following a period of frenzied construction and leasing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“The visual graphic, which was widely circulated online, was mismatched with the table of results, thus implicating both of our formulas,” Bauer said.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

A pair of mismatched eyes peered through the gap.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Retro-themed decor is in, with trees jam-packed full of bold, mismatching decorations, as more people try to recreate a festive season from their childhood.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

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

I mark the ground in squares of one rod and plant in every other crossing, mismatching to make the trees zigzag.

From The Apple by Various