Less Than 25K Songs in Library in Total Yet Match thinks I have More..

I have just under 25,000 total songs in my Music Library after cleaning it up prior to doing iTunes Match.  Now when I Update Match it says the recent additions put me over the 25K limit.  I'm confused. 
Originally I had over 30K songs (still less than 25k non iTunes purchases though) so I cleaned up my library and dumped duplciates to get down below 25K. I turned off Match on all my computers then re-enabled it on the computer with my Music Library. I still get the message. 
Any thoughts...

It is worth looking at the iCloud status for your Songs.  You may have anticipated a much higher level of matching than the current iTunes Match service is able to deliver.  There are a series of helpful steps that you can try to increase the level of matching but there is no gaurantee that a successful match will be obtained.
As you add additional computers they may be contributing to a greater number of uploaded rather than matched songs.
Worthwhile to create some Smart Playlists based upon iCloud status such that you can swiftly track how many are 'uploaded', 'waiting' and 'matched'.

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