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mismatch

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


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Other food conglomerates have shed ice-cream operations as a cost cutting measure, citing supply-chain mismatch and operational drag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Rampant Australia racked up the biggest score in international history as they hammered Wales in a Rugby League World Cup mismatch.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

“In our view, the key risk facing banks is the cash flow mismatch in the AI-capex cycle,” they said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

This also has the benefit of side-stepping the genetic mismatch problem, which applies to the corals, not the symbionts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The resulting mismatch is the cause of the apparent unpredictability.

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

On several occasions, small mismatches between measurements and expectations have eventually revealed that scientists were missing something important about how nature works.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

“For example, compaction summaries included instructions to invent missing historical data without disclosing it and to hide mismatches in source versions,” wrote OpenAI.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Similarly, longtime HSI insiders cautioned that using the agency’s databases and tools to search these lists would yield mismatches and wildly inflated results.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 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

This longing for sincere souls, too, it may well have been which wrung from Clotilda the assertion, that there were mismatches only between souls, not between ranks.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

Much of the selling looked technical as Friday’s late-session advance “looked mismatched against fresh headlines,” Ritterbusch & Associates says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Millions of voters have also been flagged for additional scrutiny after the ECI used automated systems to detect what they described as "logical discrepancies", including mismatched names and inconsistencies in family details.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some grandparents are very attuned to the potential for mismatched expectations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Altus eventually agreed to undertake a reconfiguration project that involved removing and replacing the rapid shutdown devices, and inspecting and replacing mismatched connectors and all wire management, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Looking up, I saw the weirdest mismatched group I’d ever seen.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Retro-themed decor is in, with trees jam-packed full of bold, mismatching decorations, as more people try to recreate a festive season from their childhood.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

"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 H. W. (Harland William) Long


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