as in harmony
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a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship
The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations.
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Recent Examples of reciprocity
The administration's rationale appears to center on China's failure to negotiate or de-escalate the trade war, coming after Beijing hiked tariffs on U.S. goods to 84 percent in its own bout of reciprocity.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The leftist leader said then that it was based on the principle of reciprocity as Brazilians still need visas for those countries.
—Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Some in Congress hope the administration goes further to allow the tax-free sale of suppressors and national concealed carry reciprocity.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025
He’s received the same calls from them in grim and sacred reciprocity.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The leftist leader said then that it was based on the principle of reciprocity as Brazilians still need visas for those countries.
—Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Some in Congress hope the administration goes further to allow the tax-free sale of suppressors and national concealed carry reciprocity.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025
He’s received the same calls from them in grim and sacred reciprocity.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocity
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His neighborhood was similar to my childhood South Shore neighborhood—homeowners, working class and poor people living among each other in harmony and hijinks.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Runaway June explored harmonies as the members shaped the melody, pointedly emphasizing the trio’s signature.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025
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The attack followed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance warning that Washington could abandon trying to negotiate a Ukraine-Russia peace settlement if there is no progress on a deal soon.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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As part of its mission to seal a peace deal to end the three-year war, the US administration has proposed recognizing Russian control of Crimea, officials familiar with the details have told CNN.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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As the 11th largest city in the nation, Fort Worth has the resources and potential to shape a future based on unity and progress.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Defense officials have directed military forces to scrub websites of diversity, equity, and inclusion references and to remove from military academy libraries literature and history books that the administration deems harmful to unity.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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And mutualism, as symbiotic cooperation is called in biology, is vital to life itself.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Feb. 2025
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Yet mutual aid/mutualism never seems to get as much attention as conflict/competition does.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Feb. 2025
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The solution, however, lies not in disregarding AI but in fostering a symbiosis of intelligence between that of humans and machines.—
Piyachart Isarabhakdee,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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For fall 2025, Oude Waag designer Jingwei Yin fixated on the concept of symbiosis between thorns and soft cotton.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Reciprocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocity. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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