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mismatch

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


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Rapid growth requires investment in computing capacity before the associated revenue streams fully mature, creating a cashflow mismatch, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

This also has the benefit of side-stepping the genetic mismatch problem, which applies to the corals, not the symbionts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The job became a mismatch with her rapid rise, and while she was still booking the travel arrangements for her boss, she had a publicist who was booking hers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

This was an article about knitting, and this mismatch was immediately called out.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 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

On several occasions, small mismatches between measurements and expectations have eventually revealed that scientists were missing something important about how nature works.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Since the public rolls don’t include voters’ unique identifiers, people at the lab also knew linking them to HSI’s data would produce mismatches — what the staffer called an “ungodly” number of false positives.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

At institutional funds, by comparison, there aren’t frequent windows for investors to exit, which prevents mismatches between their assets and obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Seasonality, demand patterns, refining mismatches and refinery closures, along with the push and pull of economics, also factor into the price.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

The economy, caught between two systems, is suffering from even greater mismatches between what is being produced and what would serve the best interests of enterprises and households.

From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Millions of voters have also been flagged for additional scrutiny after the ECI used automated systems to detect what they described as "logical discrepancies", including mismatched names and inconsistencies in family details.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The film hits its predictable highs and lows as the mismatched Owen and Emily get closer and romantic complications mount.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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 FBI investigated as well and found applications with missing or mismatched information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the kitchen the cupboards were empty, the two mismatched chairs pushed neatly under the rickety table.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

"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

Ms Angell did forensic work into the mismatching thread and bullet holes in Ms Bullwinkel's nurse's uniform.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2019

Dear child! she wanted to help me,     I knew 'twas the best she could do;   But oh! what a botch she had made of it,     The gray mismatching the blue!

From The Spirit-Filled Life by John MacNeil


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