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asymmetry

[ey-sim-i-tree] / eɪˈsɪm ɪ tri /


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Ms. Shorr emphasizes a social asymmetry that abets Martin’s lies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"When you see how young they were, you realise the asymmetry of the power there," Massie commented.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

In their study published in Optica, the team demonstrates that this twisted bilayer structure naturally introduces asymmetry between left and right, making it highly effective for controlling light chirality.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The asymmetry that favored China may start to erode.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt