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Recent Examples of asymmetry
The asymmetry—Anthropic penalized while OpenAI was not—is what troubles him most.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
My breathing has improved dramatically, and my nose’s asymmetry has been corrected.
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Victoria Oliva,
Allure,
23 June 2026
The reason for the cosmos’s matter-antimatter asymmetry is a major physics mystery.
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Quanta Magazine,
15 June 2026
Here, a crucial asymmetry becomes obvious.
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Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
My breathing has improved dramatically, and my nose’s asymmetry has been corrected.
—
Victoria Oliva,
Allure,
23 June 2026
The reason for the cosmos’s matter-antimatter asymmetry is a major physics mystery.
—
Quanta Magazine,
15 June 2026
Here, a crucial asymmetry becomes obvious.
—
Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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Among the potential complications are severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and loss of fluid volume in the body, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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Signs Your Oral Microbiome Is Out of Balance Persistent bad breath that does not resolve with brushing is one of the most common early signs of bacterial imbalance.
Noun
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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.
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Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.
Noun
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The clinical version dates to research in the 1960s and 1970s, when devices tracked heart rate variability, muscle tension and skin temperature to help people regulate what was once considered automatic.
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Analysts expect gas prices to continue falling but remain unpredictable due to geopolitical tensions.
Noun
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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.
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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.
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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