asymmetry
Example Sentences
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The cosmic microwave background — the afterglow of the Big Bang — shows a small but persistent asymmetry: a preference for one spatial orientation over its mirror image.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The meeting could ultimately be seen as a win for Lula, Lopes assessed, especially given the asymmetry of power between the two countries.
From BBC • May 7, 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
Assuming it continues, that consolidation points to a rebuild in conviction that the asymmetry is toward rate cuts in the U.S., they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The Internet, powerful as it is, has hardly slain the beast that is information asymmetry.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing asymmetry
Visual Arts - Introductory
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