matchup
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At a World Cup where the unprecedented 48-team format has diluted the opening group stage, the matchup is almost a perfect storm.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
James said every version of Durant feels like an impossible matchup.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The Lakers did enough at the end of the regular season to secure the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference and home-court advantage in its first-round matchup with the Rockets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
They were wholly embarrassed in their first two shorthanded games and will wind up falling to a fourth or fifth seed with a first-round matchup looming against Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Daddy grins at me throughout breakfast—which we have as a family as often as possible—and I’m able to focus on the conversation solely because it centers on my game tonight: our last district matchup.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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