as in proportion
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
planted azalea bushes on both sides of the front steps for symmetry
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Recent Examples of symmetry
Household items such as rugs and lamps, which themselves can be appreciated for their geometric order and symmetry, are placed in the gallery areas not as remote museum pieces but in some semblance of their practical uses.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Prince William Poses with King Frederik of Denmark as the Countries Face Off in Soccer: 'May the Best Team Win'
There’s a symmetry to William’s love of Aston Villa and this year: He was born in 1982 when Villa coincidentally last won Europe's most prestigious club trophy, the European Cup.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Choose An Accent Color Continuing an accent color in your curtains helps tie the room's color palette together, creating a cohesive and harmonious look.
Go For Symmetry
Put formal back into formal living rooms by aiming for symmetry with your design.
—Macie Stump, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
The building is dead center in an elliptical suburban office park where the roads leading up to it and the parking that surrounds it are arranged in perfect symmetry.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Prince William Poses with King Frederik of Denmark as the Countries Face Off in Soccer: 'May the Best Team Win'
There’s a symmetry to William’s love of Aston Villa and this year: He was born in 1982 when Villa coincidentally last won Europe's most prestigious club trophy, the European Cup.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Choose An Accent Color Continuing an accent color in your curtains helps tie the room's color palette together, creating a cohesive and harmonious look.
Go For Symmetry
Put formal back into formal living rooms by aiming for symmetry with your design.
—Macie Stump, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
The building is dead center in an elliptical suburban office park where the roads leading up to it and the parking that surrounds it are arranged in perfect symmetry.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symmetry
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The last time these two met was in the 2023 US Open, and Fritz put on a masterclass of epic proportions.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Normally, this would seem to be an error of massive proportions on Star’s part.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The full moon phase is a symbol of culmination and completion, and in this particular case, around themes of fairness, compromise and emotional harmony.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Very well made with notable harmony, enjoy this with roast chicken, duck, and seafood such as tuna or salmon (just like Pinot Noir) over the next 3-5 years.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Balancing Acts: Motherhood, Leadership and Finding Joy When asked about creating balance in her demanding role, Hopkin is refreshingly candid.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
21 Mar. 2025
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The molecules then freeze, forming dust grains and thus establishing a balance between depletion and replenishment.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Cloudera Data Engineering handles large-scale data processing for analytics and AI applications, using a cloud-native service with Apache Spark and Airflow for orchestration, monitoring and troubleshooting.—
Robert Kramer,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Visual special effects are by The Twins FX, lighting designs by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Matt Peploe and composition and orchestrations by Gary Hind.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Like many varieties of food dyes, there has been some correlation to tumors and cancer cells, according to a study from the Center for Science in Public Interest.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Big data excels at identifying correlations within existing datasets.—
Jay Patel,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Acheampong, 30, a Savannah College of Art and Design graduate student whose parents are from Ghana, wanted to create an image that represented unity among those of African heritage in his community.—
Tracy Scott Forson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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But their Democratic family unity has shown serious signs of fracture in the past year, notably due to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promotion of anti-vaccine messages and his decision to endorse Donald Trump as president and to join his administration.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The goal is to ensure that Marey delivers high-resolution, cinema-quality video without the technical pitfalls seen in other generative models, such as loss of coherence between frames or upscaling artifacts.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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They were put up against a smaller version of what will be D-Wave's Advantage 2 system, designed to have a higher qubit connectivity and longer coherence times than its current Advantage.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
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The combination of tariffs and economic uncertainty has cast a cloud over markets with a lot of questions about what happens next as investors seek out some sort of price equilibrium.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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When a woman washes ashore during a tempest, wounded and unconscious, the family’s fragile equilibrium cracks.—
Staff,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Symmetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symmetry. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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