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mismatch

[mis-mach, mis-mach] / mɪsˈmætʃ, ˈmɪsˌmætʃ /


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That mismatch may be a warning sign, since massive AI capex could put downward pressure on valuations if investors think that the spending is consuming too much cash without generating enough returns.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

“It also helps reduce the mismatch between pricing and prevailing physical-market conditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

This term has also revealed the profound philosophical mismatch between the court and the public.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

Their updated estimate comes from a more realistic model of the solar atmosphere and helps resolve a long-standing mismatch in the measured amount of silver across the solar system.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

That’s because the opening phrase, at the age often, is attached to my father—an obvious mismatch.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

He added that supply and demand mismatches will strengthen the company’s pricing model and make it more sustainable.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Asian countries are limited in how much U.S. energy they can process by infrastructure mismatches.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

Boxing has a long history of carefully constructed mismatches.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

“We were in the flow, the ball was moving and we got mismatches that we like,” Musselman said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2026

However, no changes have been made in this e-text for these mismatches.

From Adequate Preparation for the Teacher of Biological Sciences in Secondary Schools by McDonald, James Daley

What follows — the drained reserves, the mismatched oil, the strained grid and the price we all pay — is the fallout.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The challenge became even more difficult when matching and mismatched color words appeared together in the same list.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

Many shared screenshots that appeared to show mismatched answer sheets and incorrect marking.

From BBC May 28, 2026

Bob Mac Leod had spent 29 years living with a secondary bathroom that he described as being in decent shape, despite its dated tile and mismatched floor and wall colors.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

I hadn't heard that word since childhood and immediately recalled a mismatched pair of Japanese schoolboys standing alone in a deserted school yard.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

"We find that user engagement increases when the national headquarters lead the production of content and the local accounts follow either by tweeting to a matching or mismatching audience, depending on timing in the operation."

From Science Daily Oct. 10, 2023

Flowers that bloom in early balmy weather run the risk of mismatching with their primary pollinators—such as hummingbirds or bees—which can follow non-climate-dependent cues such as day length.

From Scientific American Mar. 22, 2023

“The mismatching of financial market pricing and economic reality is both stark and stretched,” Bennett said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2023

The Translation: If it seems a little too radical for real life, try a subtler version of mismatching, one that will jolt some energy into your current accessories without overpowering the rest of your outfit.

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2018

But if it should turn out that there is a mismatching, of the nature just described, the conditions can be adjusted if the right means are used.

From Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise by Long, H. W. (Harland William)




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