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Recent Examples of asymmetry
Faces can look overly smooth or lack the natural asymmetry real faces have.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
How that asymmetry came to be is still a mystery, albeit one with many possible outcomes.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Less common side effects include long-lasting lumps and asymmetry.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 Nov. 2025
If done suboptimally, deep plane facelifts can lead to complications such as muscle or nerve damage, infections, irregular hairlines, asymmetry and necrosis, among others.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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This problem is compounded by a significant information imbalance.—
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The head of the International Monetary Fund last month called for China to fix its economic imbalances and speed up its shift from reliance on exports by boosting domestic consumption and investment.—
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Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.—
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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.—
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In August 2023, Starsiak Hawk opened up about tension between her and her family on her podcast, Mina AF.—
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South Korean officials have said that Lee and Takaichi would likely touch on the tensions between China and Japan on Lee’s two-day visit.—
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So, what might those moments suggest for today’s era of disunity and discord?—
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Republicans say the Democratic disunity underscores the clear margin by which the GOP won the shutdown.—
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“Asymmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asymmetry. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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