evenly matched
idiom
: equal in skill or ability
It was a close game between two evenly matched teams.
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For the rest of the 20th century, Democrats and Republicans remained evenly matched.
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Jonathan J. Kasparek, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
This has in turn led to a final twist: with the two large coalitions almost evenly matched, the key to the forthcoming elections will be the performance of the Kurdish-majority Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and their presidential candidate, Selahattin Demirtas.
—Aaron Stein, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2018
Despite voters’ sour mood, Biden and Trump appear evenly matched in most recent national polls.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
Barring that inept performance, the rest of the class was quite evenly matched, with five cars finishing on the same lap and split by less than 20 seconds.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2024
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Jonathan J. Kasparek, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
This has in turn led to a final twist: with the two large coalitions almost evenly matched, the key to the forthcoming elections will be the performance of the Kurdish-majority Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and their presidential candidate, Selahattin Demirtas.
—Aaron Stein, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2018
Despite voters’ sour mood, Biden and Trump appear evenly matched in most recent national polls.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
Barring that inept performance, the rest of the class was quite evenly matched, with five cars finishing on the same lap and split by less than 20 seconds.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2024
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“Evenly matched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evenly%20matched. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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