How to Use match up to in a Sentence

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• The letters still match up to spell out Speak Now (Taylor's Version).
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• By getting a parabolic fit to this data, the term in front of the t2 must match up to the (1/2), a term in the kinematic equation.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 29 Apr. 2021
• Regardless, the center depth doesn't match up to Canada.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• Colorado will match up to 50% of the federal credit if state growth is on a solid footing.
  — Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024
• Keep in mind there’s no right choice here, so pick a dinnerware set with care instructions that match up to your bandwidth.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2022
• Keep in mind there’s no right choice here, so pick a dinnerware set with care instructions that match up to your bandwidth.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• This is not the first time an executive’s in-person ambitions did not match up to their staffing.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 May 2024
• The unidentified rapist’s DNA continued to match up to more unsolved cases in the state’s database.
  — Isabel Seliger, ProPublica, 24 May 2021
• No grocery store or bakery product can match up to the incredible smell and warm, soft taste of fresh bread right from your own kitchen.
  — Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
• This includes dark clothing and hair, leaves and grass; objects which match up to anecdotal accounts of the sizzling sounds.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2017
• No grocery store or bakery product can match up to the incredible smell and warm, moist taste of a fresh product right from your own kitchen.
  — PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• While unfortunately, the performance doesn't match up to the price tag, the $400 discount makes the value much better.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• When vibes match up to what is going on empirically in the economy, the world will be righted.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Further, park officials say Hyperion is not the most impressive tree in the area and doesn’t match up to its hype.
  — Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• In this example — a dollar-for-dollar match up to 3% — the investor would be doubling their money, the equivalent of a 100% profit.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
• The pandemic only made things worse, given that its online strategy couldn’t match up to those of its rivals.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
• Public funds should be used to crowd in private funds through matching agreements for every dollar donated, the city will match up to $3 million.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
• Company co-founder Ben Horowitz and his wife, Felicia, have pledged to match up to an additional $5 million raised.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
• At a news conference at the union’s headquarters in Los Angeles, Drescher said the union would not accept changes to the contract that do not match up to the changes happening in the industry.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2023
• In fairness, for years, this assessment was not off the mark, and India’s reality did not match up to its vaunted potential.
  — Alyssa Ayres, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
• Makers of Indian sports drama 83 waited long for a theatrical release, but the box office results do not match up to the pre-release hype.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• But the interventions the state and districts are making may not match up to the scale of the need, experts said, leaving the most vulnerable students at risk of never fully catching up.
  — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• The problem is the Heat are not in position to force opponents to match up to them, because Meyers and Derrick are not significant offensive threats.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2020
• What to Consider: The insulation is adequate but doesn’t quite match up to the competition.
  — Saryn Chorney, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2023
• But buyers might be less happy with subpar interior materials that often do not match up to the price.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2022
• Robinson’s a freakish athlete whose sack production in college (11.5 in three seasons) didn’t match up to his jaw-dropping athleticism.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
• So did your experience match up to your expectations from conversations with those folks about it?
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 May 2023
• So did your experience match up to your expectations from conversations with those folks about it?
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 May 2023
• Features otherwise match up to other blenders in the Ascent series, including smart functionality and access to more programs and recipes through the app.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2023
• Of course, the reality doesn’t quite match up to the T-1000, but scientists have found that the fictional machine’s two capabilities are closely related.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 26 July 2023

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024