Example Sentences

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Semiconductor stocks have historically been cyclical, experiencing boom-and-bust phases from supply-demand mismatches.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Asian countries are limited in how much U.S. energy they can process by infrastructure mismatches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

If they took on some of the ball-carrying burden, could it allow Earl to drift into dangerous wider areas where his pace and power can create mismatches?

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

A key element of this achievement was the use of "quantum frequency converters," devices that adjust small frequency mismatches between photons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

This longing for sincere souls, too, it may well have been which wrung from Clotilda the assertion, that there were mismatches only between souls, not between ranks.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul