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Recently, Chinese researchers introduced GEAIR, the world’s first AI-powered breeding robot, capable of autonomous cruising and cross-pollination to cut costs, shorten cycles, and boost efficiency.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
The cross-pollination innovation Perhaps Clunie’s most innovative creation is the Cats Care Mentorship Program, which pairs every incoming freshman athlete with an upperclassman from a different sport.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
Well, during the ‘60s there was a big cross-pollination between the rock and roll world and the improv world.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2025
Sandler is also embracing a bit of cross-pollination with the sequel by (seemingly) folding in Blake Clark's fan-favorite role as Farmer Fran from The Waterboy (1998).
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
The cross-pollination innovation Perhaps Clunie’s most innovative creation is the Cats Care Mentorship Program, which pairs every incoming freshman athlete with an upperclassman from a different sport.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
Well, during the ‘60s there was a big cross-pollination between the rock and roll world and the improv world.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2025
Sandler is also embracing a bit of cross-pollination with the sequel by (seemingly) folding in Blake Clark's fan-favorite role as Farmer Fran from The Waterboy (1998).
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-pollination
cross-fertilization
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By attacking America’s friends and allies through a variety of means and pushing their best students away from study in American universities, the Trump Administration is forcing others to hedge their bets on future cooperation and cross-fertilization of ideas.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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Yet today this cross-fertilization is no longer an occasional, sporadic benefit.—
Knowable Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 July 2025
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“Cross-pollination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-pollination. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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