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mismatch

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


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Though many bogus emails come from Gmail accounts, one giveaway was the mismatch between the email’s domain address and the recruiting firm’s internet domain address.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

There is a "mismatch", he said, between each hospital's waiting lists, organ availability, capacity to carry out surgeries and the availability of operating theatres.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

This mismatch has prevented conventional stainless steel from being used effectively in some high voltage electrochemical applications.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

It would create a mismatch, since mutual-fund shares are priced only once a day, after the market close, while ETF share prices need to update in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 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

Since the public rolls don’t include voters’ unique identifiers, people at the lab also knew linking them to HSI’s data would produce mismatches — what the staffer called an “ungodly” number of false positives.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

He added that supply and demand mismatches will strengthen the company’s pricing model and make it more sustainable.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

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

In those teenage league games, there was a high premium on Ford spotting mismatches and plenty of practice for him to do so.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

In the absence of money, the economy stagnates, degenerates and, finally, collapses because of massive mismatches of supply and demand aggregates and of the types of goods and services on offer and demanded.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

He was too tall, a bit clumsy, and he wore mismatched shoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

What follows — the drained reserves, the mismatched oil, the strained grid and the price we all pay — is the fallout.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The challenge became even more difficult when matching and mismatched color words appeared together in the same list.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

“When you see that map, it’s a little bit mismatched and our team re-created that,” Maras says.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

The sliding door was wide open, giving me a perfect view of where Chubs and Liam stood in front of a small fire, which was ringed by a series of mismatched stones.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

"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

“The mismatching of financial market pricing and economic reality is both stark and stretched,” Bennett said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2023

The Translation: If it seems a little too radical for real life, try a subtler version of mismatching, one that will jolt some energy into your current accessories without overpowering the rest of your outfit.

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2018

But if it should turn out that there is a mismatching, of the nature just described, the conditions can be adjusted if the right means are used.

From Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise by H. W. (Harland William) Long




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