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asymmetry

noun

Definition of asymmetry

as in imbalance

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Recent Examples of asymmetry Artificial intelligence is likely to exacerbate this asymmetry. — Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2026 Kristen Bell’s delicate Alberta Ferretti cape and Cynthia Nixon’s sculptural Issey Miyake creation were also — if not strictly one-shouldered — intriguing takes on asymmetry. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 The fiscal asymmetry between the Gulf countries helps explain the break. — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 The asymmetry can help visually lengthen and balance a round face. — Laura Solla, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for asymmetry

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The top trade envoys for China and the European Union agreed Friday on a broad initial deal following two days of talks aimed at calming escalating tensions over trade imbalances, the EU trade commissioner said.

— Sam McNeil, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
The top trade envoys for China and the European Union were wrapping up two days of talks Friday aimed at calming escalating tensions over growing imbalances between the two giant economies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of imbalance

Noun

The disproportion between their small numbers and enormous consequences cannot be explained primarily by technology, mass media or even the war on terror.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Manuel also jangles this apparent order with the striking visual trope of disorienting disproportions of scale—figures appearing unexpectedly small or large in the course’s expanses.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026

Definition of disproportion

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The killing of a woman in Okinawa has sparked an outcry across Japan and inflamed long-simmering tensions over the US military presence on the island.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026
The long sleeves of the blazer included a bevy of thin, frayed feathers that created textural tension.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tension

Noun

Most believe there could be solutions through civil dialog, there are answers in the middle, and there is destructive disunity at the fringes.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
Whether that agreement will rapidly come to fruition on such a tight timeline is looking increasingly difficult – especially amid disunity among House and Senate Democrats.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of disunity

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