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Recent Examples of reciprocation
My efforts are met with little or no reciprocation.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
Grooming reciprocation in Himalayan tahr and the cognitive constraint hypothesis
PLOS One.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, Newsweek has reported on how some friendships can turn toxic when one person consistently expects the other to accommodate their needs without reciprocation.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Leos demand respect and honor for their kindness to their friends and brood, so no deed is done without reciprocation.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
Grooming reciprocation in Himalayan tahr and the cognitive constraint hypothesis
PLOS One.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, Newsweek has reported on how some friendships can turn toxic when one person consistently expects the other to accommodate their needs without reciprocation.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Leos demand respect and honor for their kindness to their friends and brood, so no deed is done without reciprocation.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for reciprocation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocation
Noun
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With Fletcher’s death, and the prospect of personal recompense answered, the question becomes what America will remember of that day.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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To hear Netflix’s president-CEO Ted Sarandos explain things on a recent earnings call, the movie’s theatrical runs were not so much to promote the film as a kind of recompense to the KPDH fandom for giving the movie its current level of cultural saturation.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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He's considered a great in-game coach, who creates advantages in the margins, like on substitution patterns and managing the clock.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rosenior’s triple substitution at the interval removed the left flank of Hato and Garnacho that had been thoroughly routed by Jarrod Bowen and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, as well as replacing the uneven passing of Benoit Badiashile with the forceful ball-carrying of Fofana.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The results point to a future where things like knee braces, exoskeletons, or even joint replacements could be tailored to an individual’s exact joint motion.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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At 41, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion was in the midst of a once-unthinkable career comeback after undergoing knee replacement surgery on her right leg in 2024.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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The framework said that more negotiations will be needed to formalize the agreement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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All participants described the talks in Abu Dhabi talks as constructive, but the negotiations did not appear to achieve a breakthrough on contentious points.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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As of now, no, according to a June 2025 study of transaction data from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, University of California, San Diego and Northwestern University.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The legislation essentially says that a healthcare company cannot own both sides of a transaction.—
Caitlin Huey-Burns,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Porziņģis, who was acquired just before Thursday’s deadline from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield, has played in just 59 games over the last two seasons because of various health issues.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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First, the goal of leading an economically secure life in exchange for hard work has become more elusive.—
Mark Robert Rank,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Reciprocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocation. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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