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Recent Examples of asymmetry
That asymmetry discourages investment in the very strategies that could build long-term economic resilience and that needs to change.
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Root takes that concept of player asymmetry to another level, letting each player fight for dominion of the woodland wilderness with completely different actions and mechanisms.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
The pro-Iranian cyber operations demonstrate an asymmetry with pro-Israeli cyber operations tied to the aerial war that began on June 13.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Most of our culture is built for exclusive use and subsequent development of the right hand, which contributes to brain and body asymmetry.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Root takes that concept of player asymmetry to another level, letting each player fight for dominion of the woodland wilderness with completely different actions and mechanisms.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
The pro-Iranian cyber operations demonstrate an asymmetry with pro-Israeli cyber operations tied to the aerial war that began on June 13.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Most of our culture is built for exclusive use and subsequent development of the right hand, which contributes to brain and body asymmetry.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
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With sessions lasting several hours, her intention was to grant as much agency as possible to the teens involved, and to counter the inevitable power imbalance between herself and her subjects.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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When posture is compromised or muscle imbalances are present, your gait can change in ways that can counter the health benefits of walking by increasing your risk of chronic pain and injury.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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In a world of absolute equality, there would be no place left for derangements of disproportion.—
Becca Rothfeld,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
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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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Where the negotiations with the Bengals stand Talks and tensions between Hamilton County and the Bengals have escalated as both sides have traded accusations of violating the Paycor Stadium lease.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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There’s no fear or tension in the Blue Jays clubhouse this year.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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European countries must overcome political disunity and serious budgetary problems to restore the continent’s military power and fill the gaps that a diminished U.S. contribution would leave.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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