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They reversed course in January 2016 but by then the "one-child" policy, coupled with a preference for boys, had produced a shrinking pool of women and a stark gender imbalance.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The city’s 3-to-1 imbalance of jobs to housing is one of the biggest in the country and a lure for builders, said apartment developer Chris Tourtellotte.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Correcting the imbalance also improved brain function and cognitive performance in models of Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

On Friday, China’s trade data will provide fresh insight into the country’s widening trade imbalance, which has fueled tensions with major trading partners such as the European Union in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Teaming them up as a testy odd couple allows “Lanterns” to both highlight Hal’s insecurity and use the Green Lantern universe’s rules to interrogate systemic imbalances.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

For example, dehydration often causes a severe drop in blood pressure and imbalances in electrolytes like sodium and potassium.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

Such imbalances create a “wobbling” global trade system that in a crisis may lead to sharper swings in debt levels, capital flows and currency values—“the stuff of economists’ nightmares.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The European Union has turned its attention to China as Brussels frets over increasing trade imbalances between the 27-nation bloc and the Asian powerhouse.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

But later, after my mother lost her faith in God, that leatherette Bible wound up wedged under a too-short table leg, a way for her to correct the imbalances of life.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan