evenly matched
idiom
: equal in skill or ability
It was a close game between two evenly matched teams.
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The takeaway for me here is the conferences are evenly matched at the very top — as the CFP semifinals in 2022 and 2023 show — while the Big Ten has the edge at the bottom.
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Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
In the context of games, this process can be abetted by having the AI play against another version of itself, ensuring that the opponents will be evenly matched.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2019
Major Senate Races Show A Wider Gap While Democrats are more evenly matched with Republicans at the national level, the party has a greater fundraising advantage for Senate candidates facing close elections, as Democrats try to keep control of the chamber.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
TikTok’s battle with UMG was a relatively evenly matched.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
In the context of games, this process can be abetted by having the AI play against another version of itself, ensuring that the opponents will be evenly matched.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2019
Major Senate Races Show A Wider Gap While Democrats are more evenly matched with Republicans at the national level, the party has a greater fundraising advantage for Senate candidates facing close elections, as Democrats try to keep control of the chamber.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
TikTok’s battle with UMG was a relatively evenly matched.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Evenly matched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evenly%20matched. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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