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Recent Examples of asymmetry
Faces can look overly smooth or lack the natural asymmetry real faces have.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
How that asymmetry came to be is still a mystery, albeit one with many possible outcomes.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Less common side effects include long-lasting lumps and asymmetry.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 Nov. 2025
If done suboptimally, deep plane facelifts can lead to complications such as muscle or nerve damage, infections, irregular hairlines, asymmetry and necrosis, among others.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
How that asymmetry came to be is still a mystery, albeit one with many possible outcomes.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Less common side effects include long-lasting lumps and asymmetry.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 Nov. 2025
If done suboptimally, deep plane facelifts can lead to complications such as muscle or nerve damage, infections, irregular hairlines, asymmetry and necrosis, among others.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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Jealousy, competition or an imbalance of power could be brewing beneath the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the plan also reveals Beijing’s reluctance to depart from a formula that has yielded growth at the cost of imbalances that have hurt many households across the vast country.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Savard wasn’t solely to blame for the woes of the power play before that, but his dismissal seemed to release some tension.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Intraparty tensions among Republicans have been evident, with a number of prominent lawmakers announcing plans to retire.—
Alicia Diaz,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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The disunity within Ukraine comes at a time when Russian forces are escalating large-scale missile and drone strikes in Kyiv and across the country.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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This disunity has prevented the EU from using its immense leverage to good effect.—
Josep Borrell Fontelles,
Foreign Affairs,
27 June 2025
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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