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asymmetry

noun

Definition of asymmetry

as in imbalance

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Recent Examples of asymmetry That asymmetry was perfectly captured in Hugging Face’s attempts to defend itself from OpenAI’s attacking models. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 July 2026 The reason builders are willing to deal comes down to an asymmetry with resale sellers. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 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 Researchers believe the extreme asymmetry may be linked to the galaxy's motion through a dense galaxy cluster. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for asymmetry

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Noun

The surge in memory prices has led to the biggest producers of the product — SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron — seeing a massive rally in their share prices as investors bet the supply imbalance will persist for some time.

— Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
The city’s 3-to-1 imbalance of jobs to housing is one of the biggest in the country and a lure for builders, said apartment developer Chris Tourtellotte.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of imbalance

Noun

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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For Washington, this appears as to be seen as an understanding that the two sides will continue to communicate and manage tensions.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Because the hive-minded beings communicate telepathically, re-recording mixer Larry Benjamin explained that the world often becomes unnaturally quiet, forcing the sound team to rethink where tension and comedy originate.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 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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