mismatch

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"This creates a mismatch driven by basic geometry and physics because bigger bodies retain heat more effectively, and in mesotherms, high metabolic rates amplify this effect."

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

A mismatch between biological and social schedules or "social jetlag" has been linked to increased heart risk.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But neither proves a fundamental mismatch between private markets and retirement capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Now, though, a whole raft of problems developed — from an asset-liability mismatch to questions about the AI capex boom, opaque pricing and the “Hormuz shock.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The growing spatial mismatch of jobs had a profound impact on African Americans trapped in ghettos.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander