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mismatch

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


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That mismatch may be a warning sign, since massive AI capex could put downward pressure on valuations if investors think that the spending is consuming too much cash without generating enough returns.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

This term has also revealed the profound philosophical mismatch between the court and the public.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

Drought is a lack of precipitation, whereas water scarcity is about a mismatch between water supply and demand - so it is not just about the weather.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The mismatch between theory and observation remains one of the most perplexing problems in modern physics.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

She was always a small woman, but her dialysis was forcing her to lose weight fast, and soon her short, gaunt frame was an almost comical mismatch with her husband’s bulk.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

At institutional funds, by comparison, there aren’t frequent windows for investors to exit, which prevents mismatches between their assets and obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Seasonality, demand patterns, refining mismatches and refinery closures, along with the push and pull of economics, also factor into the price.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 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

A key element of this achievement was the use of "quantum frequency converters," devices that adjust small frequency mismatches between photons.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2025

The economy, caught between two systems, is suffering from even greater mismatches between what is being produced and what would serve the best interests of enterprises and households.

From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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

Many shared screenshots that appeared to show mismatched answer sheets and incorrect marking.

From BBC May 28, 2026

The cold-storage industry is coping with mismatched supply and demand following a period of frenzied construction and leasing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

He and Lorena’s mom are the most mismatched couple in the world, because he’s fifteen years younger than she is, making him only ten years older than Lorena.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.

From New York Times Jan. 16, 2024

"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

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 Long, H. W. (Harland William)




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