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imbalance

[im-bal-uhns] / ɪmˈbæl əns /


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The imbalance prompted Nevada to file a lawsuit on Monday.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Age gaps compound the imbalance, Nyathi notes, down to the most intimate negotiations.

From BBC Aug. 14, 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

Narrowing the imbalance in taxes on capital and labor is one way of dealing with the largest peacetime deficits on record.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Some scientists think this imbalance might help explain the high levels of heart disease in our society.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

In the second, those shocks are masking deeper imbalances: Demand is outstripping supply and letting businesses make price increases stick.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

We’ve had water treatment failures, chemical imbalances brought on by malfunction, E. coli contamination, and the people of Flint, Michigan, of course, appreciate the criticality of clean water better than anyone in the country.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

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

In this era of deglobalization, trade imbalances and tariffs, forex manipulation and geopolitical realignment, an impartial analysis of a currency’s real value is more important than ever.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Such imbalances of equipment were decisive in innumerable other confrontations of Europeans with Native Americans and other peoples.

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




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