Examples of matchup in a Sentence
a boxing matchup that promises to be a sportswriter's dream
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With Joe Boyle at 6-foot-8 for the Rays and Bailey Ober at 6-foot-9 for the Twins, the starting pitchers would have made quite a frontcourt matchup in a pickup basketball game.
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CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Still, Saturday’s matchup presents a different kind of challenge.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Since then, May’s team has gone 35-3, winning the Big Ten regular season title comfortably and then cruising into the Final Four where a matchup against Arizona awaits on Saturday night.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
The head coach relied on Sabally in the second half of a do-or-die WNBA Finals clinching matchup against the Minnesota Lynx in 2024.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
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CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Still, Saturday’s matchup presents a different kind of challenge.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Since then, May’s team has gone 35-3, winning the Big Ten regular season title comfortably and then cruising into the Final Four where a matchup against Arizona awaits on Saturday night.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
The head coach relied on Sabally in the second half of a do-or-die WNBA Finals clinching matchup against the Minnesota Lynx in 2024.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Matchup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchup. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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