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mismatch

[mis-mach, mis-mach] / mɪsˈmætʃ, ˈmɪsˌmætʃ /


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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

It’s a stance economists generally agree with, pointing to a mismatch between supply and demand as a main driver of the housing crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

A new study by Slava Turyshev, a physicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explores how researchers might address this mismatch.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Stoking the change is a mismatch between the soaring cost of living in Florida and middling wages that haven’t kept up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The resulting mismatch is the cause of the apparent unpredictability.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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