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match-making en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of matchmaking.
Since electronic match-making is not quite yet an exact science, he may also be informed of a few alternates (who are also very nice) in case something goes wrong and he doesn't quite hit it off with Miss Just-Right.
1966 October 30, John Finley Scott, “Who Marries Whom and Why; Marriage Is Not a Personal Mater”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2025:
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match-making en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of match-make