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  • And I suppose an argument could be made that in assymetric environments, like English as the global language compared to, say, Korean as a much more regional one, different standards need to be applied to entities on each side of the native/non-native equation.

    N is for Native-speakerism « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • What we're all looking for is what is called an "assymetric advantage" by info-warriors, an "I know something you don't know" by seven-year-olds.

    CNN.com 2011

  • What we're all looking for is what is called an "assymetric advantage" by info-warriors, an "I know something you don't know" by seven-year-olds.

    SI.com 2011

  • Perhaps it sounds extreme, but it would in all probability prove highly effective, and consistent with Israel's "assymetric" policy.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Smacking down attention-hungry wingtards is a curious kind of assymetric warfare.

    Simple answers to simple questions. LuLu 2008

  • You've placed {Army} at the same level as {Corps}, violating the assymetric relationship required of a partially ordered set.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • 'Finally, in the background, the assymetric ... musical line'.

    en-tête - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • 'Finally, the assymetric curbs of Mont Ventoux appear as a long musical line in the background'.

    en-tête - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Well I think the obvious answer to that is to point out that there are assymetric benefits for Republicans in this.

    Matthew Yglesias » At Risk Republicans 2009

  • You've placed {Army} at the same level as {Corps}, violating the assymetric relationship required of a partially ordered set.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

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