- present tense form of match (3rd person singular).
matches
Example Sentences
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Near the cluster's center, the shape of the intracluster light closely matches the distribution of dark matter inferred from strong gravitational lensing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
All four very well could be called up for the Nations League matches, but they certainly will form the foundation of Cherundolo’s Olympic team in two years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Going back to the start of the year, Liverpool have won just four games in 13 Anfield Premier League matches.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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
As the Cabineers roamed through the South, stopping at towns for either prearranged or hastily organized matches, Whitaker as best player would invariably play board one, and Bobby board two.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
