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asymmetry

noun

Definition of asymmetry

as in imbalance

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Recent Examples of asymmetry Information asymmetry can create a reason for people to collaborate, but distributing information is only the beginning. — Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for asymmetry

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Noun

The cash imbalance between supporters and opponents of the billionaire tax is vast.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
When laser pulses disrupted superconductivity, the spectrum of energy levels developed an imbalance that looked just like a pseudogap.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 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

Noun

Her remarks angered China and led to tensions that have spilled over into the economy.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
But the precedent of past legal disputes and rising tension between the President and Reyes leave some experts wondering if this project will advance.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 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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