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Recent Examples of asymmetry
The result is an aesthetic that skillfully balances a variety of textures, including injecting Shou Sugi Ban custom treatments inspired by Japanese principles of wabi-sabi that typically employ elements of asymmetry, roughness, and simplicity.
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
The Syntilay x Terrell Owens collaboration — called the TO Reset recovery shoe — is generated from a scan of each customer’s foot that captures the individual’s unique geometry of width, instep, asymmetry and 3D shape.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
That asymmetry creates enormous opportunities for startups facing fight-or-flight moments.
—Matt Rogers, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Driver unions have pushed back against the asymmetry of information this model creates.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
The Syntilay x Terrell Owens collaboration — called the TO Reset recovery shoe — is generated from a scan of each customer’s foot that captures the individual’s unique geometry of width, instep, asymmetry and 3D shape.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
That asymmetry creates enormous opportunities for startups facing fight-or-flight moments.
—Matt Rogers, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Driver unions have pushed back against the asymmetry of information this model creates.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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The animals that lacked sucrose developed an imbalance in their gut microbes and increased inflammation within the intestines and liver.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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This systemic imbalance has forced a massive realignment of the physical retail footprint, permanently redrawing real estate demand away from traditional venues and toward elite experiential properties or rapidly expanding discount chains.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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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
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Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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The tension in these tracks are the binding agent for Jane’s fan base — the music is full of contradictions and incompatibilities smashing together that just feel like being young right now.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Civilians in the area have not been instructed to evacuate but have faced checkpoints and tension, with occasional clashes between Israeli soldiers and villagers.—
Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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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
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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
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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