- present tense form of match (3rd person singular).
matches
Example Sentences
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Unsurprisingly, the four leading wicket-takers in day-night matches are all Australians.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
In a statement, Zheng said she would not be competing because her "body is feeling very fatigued" after "an intense run of matches".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
A Nvidia-backed startup, Reflection AI, claims it matches leading Chinese open-weight AI models with “3-4x less inference compute.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
For the second time in three Premier League matches, Bruno Guimaraes has come to Arsenal's rescue.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He and the other youngsters held endless running, jumping, and wrestling matches with much shouting and even noises that sounded very much like laughter.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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