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Recent Examples of cross-fertilization
Maybe as a cross-fertilization?
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H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
In other words, don’t ignore cross-fertilization.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Politics and journalism had its share of cross-fertilization with figures such as George Stephanopoulos and the late Tim Russert.
—David Bauder, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Music has historically been the country’s ethnically richest art form, particularly embodied in the multicultural story of jazz and in today’s cross-fertilization between popular genres.
—Erik Gleibermann, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Strong relationships support innovation, enabling the cross-fertilization of new concepts.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
In other words, don’t ignore cross-fertilization.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Politics and journalism had its share of cross-fertilization with figures such as George Stephanopoulos and the late Tim Russert.
—David Bauder, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Music has historically been the country’s ethnically richest art form, particularly embodied in the multicultural story of jazz and in today’s cross-fertilization between popular genres.
—Erik Gleibermann, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Strong relationships support innovation, enabling the cross-fertilization of new concepts.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
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“Cross-fertilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-fertilization. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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