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symmetrical

[si-me-tri-kuhl] / sɪˈmɛ trɪ kəl /


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"I'd be compulsively applying it, taking it off, reapplying it, taking it off again - trying to get it as symmetrical and perfect as possible."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Most airborne particles do not have smooth or symmetrical shapes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Covered in fractal patterns like “the symmetrical innards of a halved cabbage,” the giant humanoid insect reclines, “a god-sized man sleeping atop the quilt of the land.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“But it was symmetrical to a deficit in the corporate sector, leading to Enrons and Worldcoms of the world,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

In most adversarial situations, to prove your own case is to disprove your opponent’s—though rhetoric being as slippery as it is, the task is seldom precisely symmetrical.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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