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matchmaker

[mach-mey-ker] / ˈmætʃˌmeɪ kər /




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Aisha adjusted her beige veil over her circular-shaped headgear as a matchmaker scrolled through rows of dozens of pictures on a computer to find a man she could be interested in as a potential match.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

She once hired a matchmaker, and recently attended a run club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

The story follows the life of the naïve and lovably spoiled teenager, who plays matchmaker with her friends before ultimately finding love herself.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

She had already told him that the Battaglia matchmaker had advised a vacation for him in the psychiatric ward at Charity.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole