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asymmetry

noun

Definition of asymmetry

as in imbalance

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Recent Examples of asymmetry China’s state-capital infrastructure—not luck—compounds this asymmetry. — Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 For the most part, this tax asymmetry triggers only mediocre productivity gains. — Daron Acemoglu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 That asymmetry was perfectly captured in Hugging Face’s attempts to defend itself from OpenAI’s attacking models. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 July 2026 Two different modes of neural development result in an asymmetry — structurally favoring the right most of the time. — Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for asymmetry

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Noun

There’s a frightening imbalance in how the mainstream media report on these candidates, which tends to take it pretty easy on the latter.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
San Jose already has one of the most challenging jobs-to-housing imbalances, and housing development not accompanied by sufficient employment growth will further strain city finances.

— Pierluigi Oliverio, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of imbalance

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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
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

Definition of disproportion

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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
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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