: the masculine active principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in light, heat, or dryness and that combines with yin to produce all that comes to be
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The movie's most fundamental yings and yangs are abundant: Life's highs and lows, births and deaths, and successes and failures are all demonstrated through Button's unusual path and the characters he's met along the way.
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
Look, these are difficult balancing acts, and the yin and the yang of this is that there's some degree of trade-off between wages and jobs.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
There is a little bit of a ying and a yang.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2021
The yin to its yang, Gucci Guilty Eau de Parfum Pour Homme, generates a deep sensuality, embracing a base of patchouli, leather, and incense, while deviating from a traditional male scent profile with uplifting notes of orange blossom and neroli.
—ELLE, 1 Mar. 2023
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
Look, these are difficult balancing acts, and the yin and the yang of this is that there's some degree of trade-off between wages and jobs.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
There is a little bit of a ying and a yang.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2021
The yin to its yang, Gucci Guilty Eau de Parfum Pour Homme, generates a deep sensuality, embracing a base of patchouli, leather, and incense, while deviating from a traditional male scent profile with uplifting notes of orange blossom and neroli.
—ELLE, 1 Mar. 2023
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“Yang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yang. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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