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Recent Examples of asymmetry
But asymmetry — prices rising fast but falling slowly — increased as the refined product made its way to city distribution terminals and subsequently to retail stations.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Portfolio structures in the VCaaS model are meant to capitalize on this asymmetry.
—Anis Uzzaman, Fortune, 6 May 2026
That asymmetry suggests sophisticated and adaptable behavior, not just brute strength.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
That kind of asymmetry hints at advanced hunting strategies, not just brute force.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Portfolio structures in the VCaaS model are meant to capitalize on this asymmetry.
—Anis Uzzaman, Fortune, 6 May 2026
That asymmetry suggests sophisticated and adaptable behavior, not just brute strength.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
That kind of asymmetry hints at advanced hunting strategies, not just brute force.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
Noun
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This imbalance helps push more fluid backward while maintaining stability during glide phases, improving overall efficiency.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Singri also highlights a growing imbalance between large organizations and individuals.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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.—
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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His life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and the storytelling holds those seeming opposites in pleasing tension.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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The capital flows leaving Korea reflect ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which are driving safe-haven demand.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
22 May 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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That could be good news for consumers, if OPEC disunity leads to higher supplies and falling prices.—
Amy Myers Jaffe,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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