as in cross-fertilization
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Recent Examples of cross-pollination
After the war, the pace of East-West picture book cross-pollination quickened dramatically.
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Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Encouraging collaboration, cross-pollination of ideas and fostering shared values helps in building an efficient and vibrant organization.
—Raj Sharma, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
This cross-pollination of ideas is what keeps NYC’s cultural energy so vibrant and mirrors how my late wife Isabel and I existed for 50 years in that magical space between art and fashion, not prioritizing one over the other but enjoying its intoxicating rare blend.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Because of cross-pollination, both intentional and serendipitous, flavor profiles can blend so Sugar-Berry or Honey-Berry can emerge.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
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Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Encouraging collaboration, cross-pollination of ideas and fostering shared values helps in building an efficient and vibrant organization.
—Raj Sharma, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
This cross-pollination of ideas is what keeps NYC’s cultural energy so vibrant and mirrors how my late wife Isabel and I existed for 50 years in that magical space between art and fashion, not prioritizing one over the other but enjoying its intoxicating rare blend.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Because of cross-pollination, both intentional and serendipitous, flavor profiles can blend so Sugar-Berry or Honey-Berry can emerge.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-pollination
cross-fertilization
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For example, what Fluck calls an aesthetic transnationalism aims to recover and celebrate America as a site of global flow and rich cultural cross-fertilization.—
Abby Clayton,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2025
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Maybe as a cross-fertilization?—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Cross-pollination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-pollination. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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