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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
Two identical charts below: Converging trendlines... otherwise known as a symmetrical triangle chart pattern, depict the standoff of the past 8 months.
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Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
The manual-wind movement incorporates the watchmaker’s trademark large 15 mm balance wheel that hides a secret poising method that allows for symmetrical oscillations without the use of peripheral weights.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
By Audrey Lee This forebear was uniform and symmetrical, regulated by harmony, ratios, and scale.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
The compositions are less static or symmetrical, and the colors are funkier.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
The manual-wind movement incorporates the watchmaker’s trademark large 15 mm balance wheel that hides a secret poising method that allows for symmetrical oscillations without the use of peripheral weights.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
By Audrey Lee This forebear was uniform and symmetrical, regulated by harmony, ratios, and scale.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
The compositions are less static or symmetrical, and the colors are funkier.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symmetrical
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However, for most people with a balanced diet, additional supplements might not be necessary.Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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This law is intended to ensure that advisory committees contain balanced representation (two billionaires does not constitute balance), and that federal open-records laws apply.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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His crew is mostly high school students collecting community service hours along with old hands who have been using wobbly ladders, ropes and pulleys for years to string long strands of lights from the cedars’ graceful branches.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Toasts around a table have long been interpreted as a gesture of goodwill, and Princess Anne made a graceful save with her fellow dinner guest.Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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There is, however, a harmonic tension at the heart of the conception, as semitone dissonances pierce the texture in almost every bar—F against E, D-sharp against E, C against B. As one of these twinges is resolved, another intrudes.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Concert tremor consists of low-frequency signals of extended duration with harmonic frequency peaks between 1 and 10 Hz, similar to the signals generated by volcanoes or trains.Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 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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With their soft bioluminescent blue glow and sleek, modern design, the glasses stood out as both functional and elegant.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 Dec. 2024
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Seat adjustment hardware is new and elegant, offering smooth, curved representation of the fixtures that have been a staple in Mercedes vehicles for a decade.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Get to know your nurses both as unique individuals and as a cohesive team, each bringing distinct strengths and abilities.Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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In the early years, the small but cohesive Jewish population mostly conducted its worship in private homes.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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