be a match for

Example Sentences

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Tournament debutants Kairat finished bottom of the 36-team table with just one point from their eight matches and were never going to be a match for the Premier League leaders.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

"It's going to be a match for me where I feel like I don't really have much expectation externally," said Raducanu.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Anne Heche was set to be removed from life support Sunday after a recipient was found to be a match for an organ donation, a representative for the actress said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2022

Christina Klein, a nephrologist and medical director of Piedmont’s kidney transplant program, said it is extremely rare for two people to propose their own paired organ exchange and actually be a match for each other.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

At the rate I was going, I’d be a match for the circus muscle man by evening.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney