to match

phrase

: having the same quality or appearance as something
He's a large man with hands to match.

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Friston and his colleagues have found in studies across species that important brain circuits throughout the cortex seem to be wired to match information from the senses with data from memory to make predictions. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 In today’s commercial age of plenty, the most important task of the dust jacket is to match a book to your mood, from the pastoral watercolor tones of the travel narrative or cosy domestic romance, to the dark hues of the murder mystery. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Opened in 2018, Tourists still feels like the cool new kid on the block with the clientele to match. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026 Before integration, that match depended on manual entry to match billing platform invoices with what Xero recorded. — Kashif Saleem, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to match

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“To match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20match. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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