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Recent Examples of asymmetry
This no-commitment dynamic thrives on emotional asymmetry.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The result is a growing asymmetry: mounting disorder and weakening allies on one side and rising U.S. self-sufficiency and strike-from-a-distance capabilities on the other.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
Cosmetic risks include asymmetry, visible scars, and ribs that revert back to their original position (mainly from improper corset use, experts say).
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
This decision ripples into a series of unexpected events that reflect the growing asymmetry of work-life balance in the States.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The result is a growing asymmetry: mounting disorder and weakening allies on one side and rising U.S. self-sufficiency and strike-from-a-distance capabilities on the other.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
Cosmetic risks include asymmetry, visible scars, and ribs that revert back to their original position (mainly from improper corset use, experts say).
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
This decision ripples into a series of unexpected events that reflect the growing asymmetry of work-life balance in the States.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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But unlike previous technological waves, AI’s transformative power is being concentrated in the hands of remarkably few players, creating global imbalances that threaten to entrench existing inequalities for generations.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Decades later, that goal remains elusive, with stark racial imbalances persisting in many districts.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 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
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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
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Almost every organization has a version of this tension.—
Talie Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Bring Her Back is still a messy endeavor, even with what feels like a newfound discipline, not to mention a superior grasp of pacing and catch-release tension, happening behind the camera.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2025
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First, the existential threat that violence and war pose to a new regime leaves no room for division or disunity; elite cohesion is the result.—
Sheri Berman,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2022
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From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.—
James Lamond,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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