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Recent Examples of asymmetry
Their natural asymmetry and scarcity are exactly what modern clients are searching for.
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Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
Russia's trade dependencies also reveal a profound asymmetry.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Faces can look overly smooth or lack the natural asymmetry real faces have.
—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
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Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
Russia's trade dependencies also reveal a profound asymmetry.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Faces can look overly smooth or lack the natural asymmetry real faces have.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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This step created a structural imbalance known as a Janus reaction.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Problem Facing Everyone Over the last 40-plus years, there’s been a growing imbalance in the nation’s economy.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 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
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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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Loon said de-escalating tensions is in the best interest of Minnesota’s business community.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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Kofod said the de-escalation of tensions in 2019 was achieved through closer cooperation and modernization in the security sphere.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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So, what might those moments suggest for today’s era of disunity and discord?—
Cardinal Blase Cupich,
Mercury News,
27 Nov. 2025
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Many of these refugees from Sudan and others fleeing conflicts and harsh conditions elsewhere in Africa find their way to Libya, taking advantage of the country's disunity and unpatrolled borders to embark on a treacherous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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