match
Example Sentences
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Saturday night's match will still go ahead as planned, the football league said.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
They just made them with their own aesthetic and adapted them to match their principles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
So however we need to prepare for each other, however we need to match up, that’s what it’s going to take.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Accountants try to match big, lumpy investments with the yearslong income they produce by pretending the spending is stretched out.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Our job was not in itself complicated: Answer the line, match the code name to a number, insert the right plug into the right jack, connect the telephone call.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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