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symmetrical

[si-me-tri-kuhl] / sɪˈmɛ trɪ kəl /


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"Bones are overly smooth, spines unnaturally straight, lungs overly symmetrical, blood vessel patterns excessively uniform, and fractures appear unusually clean and consistent, often limited to one side of the bone."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

"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

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

Doc arranged them in long lines and very slowly they straightened out until they lay in symmetrical stars on the concrete floor.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck