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Recent Examples of asymmetry
Terrorism has long been the classic example of our age of asymmetry.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Radical, self-serve transparency erases information asymmetry and cements trust.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Most of all, though, the new social media influence game highlights Chinese worry over the asymmetry in US-China relations.
—Zichen Wang, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
Unfortunately, the myopic focus of the second Trump administration, which is obsessed with coercive hard power linked to trade asymmetries and sanctions, is likely to erode rather than strengthen the U.S.-led international order.
—Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Radical, self-serve transparency erases information asymmetry and cements trust.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Most of all, though, the new social media influence game highlights Chinese worry over the asymmetry in US-China relations.
—Zichen Wang, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
Unfortunately, the myopic focus of the second Trump administration, which is obsessed with coercive hard power linked to trade asymmetries and sanctions, is likely to erode rather than strengthen the U.S.-led international order.
—Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asymmetry
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With sessions lasting several hours, her intention was to grant as much agency as possible to the teens involved, and to counter the inevitable power imbalance between herself and her subjects.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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When posture is compromised or muscle imbalances are present, your gait can change in ways that can counter the health benefits of walking by increasing your risk of chronic pain and injury.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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The move to resume sales of the H20 chips comes amid easing tensions between Washington and Beijing, with China relaxing controls on rare earth exports and the United States allowing chip design software services to resume in China.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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But the dustup over the building renovation is just a superficial sign of the underlying tension between the administration and the central bank.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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European countries must overcome political disunity and serious budgetary problems to restore the continent’s military power and fill the gaps that a diminished U.S. contribution would leave.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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