The phrase "are broadly matched" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the alignment or similarity between two or more items, concepts, or data sets in a general sense.
Example: "The results of the survey are broadly matched with the findings from previous studies, indicating a consistent trend."
Alternatives: "are generally aligned" or "are largely comparable".
At his hotel in Florence, he was told cancellations were being broadly matched by people extending their stays as he was forced to do.
Pregnant and non-pregnant women were broadly matched on demographic characteristics such as age, weight and place of residency.
Both groups showed consistent performance across modalities, as the executive demands of word and picture trials were broadly matched (Jefferies and Lambon Ralph, 2006).
The patient samples were drawn from out-patient departments in Guy's, King's and St Thomas's hospitals, and the general population was an opportunistic sample obtained primarily from users of a south London public library and was broadly matched in socio-demographic characteristics to the patient groups.
Brenmoehl and coworkers [ 149] showed that mortality from sepsis in the intensive care unit setting is higher in patients carrying the frameshift variant in NOD2 (57% versus 31%), in cohorts of patients who were broadly matched for clinical indices of severity of disease.
While the groups were reasonably well-matched for age and gender balance, they were only broadly matched for educational experience.
House Republicans are broadly seeking to match a Senate bill offered by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican minority leader — one that failed in that chamber — to prohibit new greenhouse gas regulations and suspend others.
Controls are not individually matched to cases, but are broadly similar in age, being aged 42 81 years.
Controls are not matched to cases, but are broadly similar in age, being aged 42 to 81 years.
