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as in only
having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability
the house cat is a mouse-hunting machine of unmatched efficiency
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Recent Examples of unmatched
Your energy, passion and unwavering support provided a home-court advantage that is generally unmatched around the league.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Her energy is unmatched -- one of a kind.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Woodman is known for being bombastic, but GoPro's track record in making indestructible camera gear is unmatched.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
The streamlined versatility that a bodysuit provides is unmatched.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Her energy is unmatched -- one of a kind.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Woodman is known for being bombastic, but GoPro's track record in making indestructible camera gear is unmatched.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
The streamlined versatility that a bodysuit provides is unmatched.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmatched
Adjective
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With it, this is just kind of an odd, unfortunate (especially for the bird) story.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Business major Andrea Lui found the chatbot’s voice to be surprisingly human, but the conversation felt choppy with odd pauses.—
Jocelyn Gecker,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cleveland is the only team favored to close out its series while Detroit and Houston are favored to force Game 7s.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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From Nasser to Khomeini, the region’s revolutionary ideologies have delivered only ruin.—
Danielle Pletka,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Nuñez completed a four-RBI day with a two-run single.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Five is nice, but 17 straight is a dynasty unparalleled in City Section history.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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On top of this, unparalleled pools of capital have fed strategically contradictory, dizzying deal-making.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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About one-fifth of the state is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought designation.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Set in the late 1980s, the film follows 13-year-old Felice (an exceptional Tiziano Menichelli), a budding tennis star whose overbearing father hooks him up with Raul Getti (Favino), a flameout former pro with a new lithium prescription and a serious ladies-man streak.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Her appointment was agreed at an extraordinary meeting Monday of the festival’s executive board, made up of San Sebastián City Council, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, the Basque Government and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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And yet many were created with extraordinary artistic ambition.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With unparalleled access to the world's most influential people, the trust of consumers and partners globally, and an unrivaled power to convene, TIME's mission is to tell the essential stories of the people and ideas that shape and improve the world.—
TIME PR,
Time,
24 Apr. 2026
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While the dissolution of the Main Street RSNs means that some 20 NBA and NHL teams are now on the lookout for new in-market distribution platforms, Playfly continues to enjoy an unrivaled position of influence within local sports.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Soft white sand, clear waters and excellent surf draw beachgoers to this vast beach.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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This makes buffalo grass an excellent choice for naturally controlling soil erosion.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Unmatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmatched. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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