the yin and yang
noun
chiefly US
: the two opposite sides or parts of something
learning about the yin and yang of politics
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Seattle quarterback Geno Smith embodied the yin and yang of this wild game, throwing three beautiful touchdown passes but offsetting those with three interceptions.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
These two are the yin and yang of giant-asteroid movies.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
Alas, this comparison of a nation’s economy with the data storage economy not only underscores how important the techno-ecosystem is but also reveals the yin and yang of enterprise storage.
—Eric Herzog, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The danger that haunts city streets certainly is frightening, but the yin and yang of people against nature often can seem insurmountable, creating a special kind of suspense, lurking around the bend.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Future historians will pair Positions with Folklore as the yin and yang of lockdown culture, two experimental pop classics lost in cabin fever.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
Those two characters served as the yin and yang for the early MCU — Stark the brash, rakish genius; Cap the stalwart, aw shucks warrior — that became the franchise’s gravitational center.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
So goes the yin and yang of the job market in this unprecedented climate.
—Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
Think of breakdown field strength and charge mobility as the yin and yang of a power semiconductor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
These two are the yin and yang of giant-asteroid movies.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
Alas, this comparison of a nation’s economy with the data storage economy not only underscores how important the techno-ecosystem is but also reveals the yin and yang of enterprise storage.
—Eric Herzog, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The danger that haunts city streets certainly is frightening, but the yin and yang of people against nature often can seem insurmountable, creating a special kind of suspense, lurking around the bend.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Future historians will pair Positions with Folklore as the yin and yang of lockdown culture, two experimental pop classics lost in cabin fever.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
Those two characters served as the yin and yang for the early MCU — Stark the brash, rakish genius; Cap the stalwart, aw shucks warrior — that became the franchise’s gravitational center.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
So goes the yin and yang of the job market in this unprecedented climate.
—Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
Think of breakdown field strength and charge mobility as the yin and yang of a power semiconductor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
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