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Recent Examples of asymmetry
Trying to undo a Brazilian butt lift (or BBL) by sucking it out of the body carries the risk for nerve damage, asymmetry, and skin laxity.
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Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
That natural asymmetry turned out to be crucial.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
The regulatory asymmetry distorted competition and made Verizon’s devices uniquely attractive to criminals.
—Roslyn Layton, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
That asymmetry has collapsed During the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, corporations rushed to declare their commitments to racial justice, diversity and social responsibility.
—Alessandro Piazza, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026
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Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
That natural asymmetry turned out to be crucial.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
The regulatory asymmetry distorted competition and made Verizon’s devices uniquely attractive to criminals.
—Roslyn Layton, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
That asymmetry has collapsed During the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, corporations rushed to declare their commitments to racial justice, diversity and social responsibility.
—Alessandro Piazza, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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The long-term actuarial deficit reflects a systemic imbalance between contributions and promised benefits.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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The protagonist, for her part, feels the students were willing participants and finds their accusations tiresome, insisting the modern outcry over power imbalances is overblown.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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Those unseen spaces have a kind of electrical charge, the power of bonds and conflicts, of underlying tensions and demands.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Friends later told police that tensions had been growing within the group.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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One minute, the Earth’s citizens are pursuing their destinies in raucous, competitive disunity.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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