mismatch

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A formative experience came in managing BPA’s trading floor in 2001 when the power market in California nearly collapsed after a flawed effort to create competition among power producers resulted in supply-demand mismatch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

If that’s true, I have not heard him or a supporter address what would appear to be a treatment mismatch for the others, as well as a potential civil liberties breach for all of them.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

That has been a tough business lately, thanks to a mismatch between costs and the rates managed care companies are allowed to charge states.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

However, those materials often introduce performance limitations or defects that create a mismatch with the silicon transistors in the bottom layer.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Elizabeth and her friend are a total mismatch.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan