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match

[mach] / mætʃ /




VERB
be equal to, harmonize with
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For Tehran, the aim is less to match U.S. military power than to make the status quo untenable, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The match sold out months ago, with more than half the crowd expected to be people living outside the state of Victoria.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

So much so, in fact, that the match between Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz was the latest-finishing match in the tournament’s history.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

They require the Postal Service to then reject any mail ballots that don’t match those lists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Daisy looked down into the sack and her eyes lit up like a match in the dark.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Which is completely in keeping with Solheim Cup matches, especially those staged in Europe.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Rodman’s schedule with the Spirit hasn’t allowed her to attend all of Shelton’s matches at Flushing Meadows, but she has been to at least three.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

It’s bad for bodies, bad for recovery, and bad for future matches when you’re pitting a player who finished at dinnertime against one who hit the hotel sheets a half day later.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

He only played in 24 Premier League matches as Arsenal finally lifted the crown.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The silver-blue light matches the smear of stars across the sky, showing us the dirt path I’m so used to walking every day.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Sky-high levies imposed by Washington and matched by Beijing were tentatively relaxed late last year, after a move by China to severely restrict flows of rare earths to the United States.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

The decibel levels were rarely matched in an underwhelming first set for the home favourites, but the noise quickly returned when they rallied in the second set.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

When America was young, Supreme Court Justices spent part of each year “riding circuit,” hearing cases far afield from Washington, D.C., so the numbers matched.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

They had less visceral fat and more muscle, and their performance on tests measuring the function of several organs matched that of young mice.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Miss Priest matched the sticks to the teeth.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

The solicitation, prepared in response to a federal court ruling, seeks applicants to run the homelessness database and housing matching system, conduct the annual homeless count and submit the annual application for U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

WSJ: Is the AI mostly matching facts, or is writing style doing real work too, the way researchers once analyzed writing style to identify anonymous authors?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

“Workers continue to prioritize their financial future, saving at record levels and taking advantage of valuable benefits such as employer matching contributions. These steps can play a powerful role in strengthening long-term retirement readiness.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Vizcarra said the county medical examiner’s office has reached out to neighboring agencies to see if they have any matching descriptions, and canvass teams are working the areas along the channel and checking security cameras.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

I’m standing beside a table laid out with a cloth and cut glass and matching china.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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