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asymmetry

[ey-sim-i-tree] / eɪˈsɪm ɪ tri /


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That cost asymmetry — cheap offense, expensive defense — is what restructured the global counterdrone procurement map almost overnight.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Assuming it continues, that consolidation points to a rebuild in conviction that the asymmetry is toward rate cuts in the U.S., they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"When you see how young they were, you realise the asymmetry of the power there," Massie commented.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

This creates a structural asymmetry deeper than that of the 20th-century oil economy.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The Internet, powerful as it is, has hardly slain the beast that is information asymmetry.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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