mismatch

Example Sentences

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The mismatch suggests that Wall Street expects there to be a real possibility of Fed interest-rate hikes, particularly with inflation moving away from the central bank’s 2% yearly target.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

This inventory mismatch hits families earning around $75,000 especially hard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

For years, researchers struggled with a frustrating mismatch between observed sea level rise and the combined estimates from its known causes.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

The prosecutor did not give details of the trafficking allegation but BioTexCom told the BBC it involved a DNA mismatch between a set of parents and a baby.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

That’s because the opening phrase, at the age often, is attached to my father—an obvious mismatch.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner