mismatch

Example Sentences

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Stoking the change is a mismatch between the soaring cost of living in Florida and middling wages that haven’t kept up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

There is a structural mismatch at the core of the private credit products, particularly when the investors are retail investors.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

"This creates a mismatch driven by basic geometry and physics because bigger bodies retain heat more effectively, and in mesotherms, high metabolic rates amplify this effect."

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

When confidence falters, that mismatch can turn manageable losses into systemic crises.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Elizabeth and her friend are a total mismatch.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan