asymmetry
Example Sentences
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It means there is an asymmetry to the audiences they are currently talking to.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Researchers believe this strange asymmetry could be caused by active processes within the system, such as fresh material falling into the disk or interactions with nearby surroundings.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
“The contrast between the slow grind lower in March and the subsequent breakneck rally highlights the U.S. equity market’s pronounced right-tail asymmetry and its longer-term progression toward a more bubble-like regime,” they said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
There is still the conspicuous asymmetry between molecular biology and, say, the therapy of lung cancer.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing asymmetry
Visual Arts - Introductory
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