a match for
Example Sentences
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Mcauley says he still remembers the "excitement" of going to a match for the first time with his father: "Once the game was over, that was it, I'm forever hooked."
From BBC • May 23, 2026
If Microsoft can show that its custom processors are a match for its rivals’ hardware, that could provide another boost to the stock’s recovery.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
A focus on collectibles could make the online marketplace a match for the videogame retailer.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The new DNA profile that saw Sullivan released was not a match for anything stored on the national DNA database.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Realizing that my plastic weapon was hardly a match for a long fork wielded by a maddened Methuselah, realizing that I was seeing Clyde at his worst, I tried to end our little duel.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
