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or symmetric
as in proportioned
having sides or halves that are the same; having or showing symmetry
The human body is symmetrical. a symmetrical design
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Recent Examples of symmetrical
The purposefully androgynous and symmetrical design allows for infinite styling combinations — stack your Ice Cube bracelets or rings for an extra dazzling effect.
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Romany Williams, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Kids can make a perfectly symmetrical snowball with this genius snowball maker while keeping their hands warm and dry.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
The timing functions are nested at 6 o’clock to keep things symmetrical.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
That’s sneaker talk for a symmetrical heel-toe chassis that limits supination (my favorite nation in the world) to help control pivot movements.
—David Hochman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Romany Williams, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Kids can make a perfectly symmetrical snowball with this genius snowball maker while keeping their hands warm and dry.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
The timing functions are nested at 6 o’clock to keep things symmetrical.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
That’s sneaker talk for a symmetrical heel-toe chassis that limits supination (my favorite nation in the world) to help control pivot movements.
—David Hochman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for symmetrical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symmetrical
Adjective
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The league’s balanced schedule for 2025 contrasts with last season, when the Current had already finished playing Angel City for the year just six games into the season and didn’t play Washington Spirit until just eight matches remained.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Multivitamins offer little benefit for most healthy people who eat a balanced diet.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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The result is a graceful character study that explores why someone’s capacity for warmth seems to have long been drained.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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With graceful bubbles and a silky mouthfeel, lemon and pear dance on the palate.—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Shortly after that, a harmonic convergence took place.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2024
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.—
Simon Tay,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2010
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Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.—
Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
22 May 2024
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An especially fun one is The Group, his soapy adaptation of the 1963 novel by Mary McCarthy, in which wedding guests lunch at the elegant old Brevoort Hotel before trailing the happy couple to the subway (and throwing rice down the stairs after them).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2025
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Photos in front of the pulpit captured West’s her childhood and youthful beauty as well as the elegant matron who would come to be called Mother Rose by both her family and many students at her alma mater, Sacramento High School.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The set includes a queen comforter and two matching pillow shams to create a cohesive look in the bedroom.—
Kelsey Fredricks,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2025
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Here, the curtains seamlessly blend with the existing color scheme, creating a cohesive look while subtly drawing the eye to other vibrant pops of color throughout the space.—
Macie Stump,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Symmetrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symmetrical. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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