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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
In April, Brazil withdrew visa-free access for citizens from the US, Canada and Australia due to a lack of reciprocity.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Venus finishes its run in Virgo in your partnership sector, highlighting what balance and reciprocity really feel like.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 5 Oct. 2025
An open stance invites reciprocity; a closed one sparks doubt.
—Vanessa Van Edwards, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
These include helping your family, helping your group, demonstrating reciprocity, demonstrating bravery, respecting a hierarchy and your superiors, dividing resources in an equitable way and respecting ownership of property.
—Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Venus finishes its run in Virgo in your partnership sector, highlighting what balance and reciprocity really feel like.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 5 Oct. 2025
An open stance invites reciprocity; a closed one sparks doubt.
—Vanessa Van Edwards, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
These include helping your family, helping your group, demonstrating reciprocity, demonstrating bravery, respecting a hierarchy and your superiors, dividing resources in an equitable way and respecting ownership of property.
—Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reciprocity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocity
Noun
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Now, trend forecasts show that design professionals will favor more tone-on-tone, cohesive palettes that tend to offer a sense of calm, visual harmony, and longevity.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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The group remains committed to intricate harmonies, which are a source of the album’s unique pleasures.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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The president issued similar warnings since the peace deal went into effect last week.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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But both grew immensely from knowing one another, and their finding peace in the finale was one of the more moving moments of the entire series.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine’s adolescents will soon grow up and be needed to defend their country’s fragile civic unity.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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Some demonstrators wore yellow – a symbol of unity and a reference to other nonviolent resistance movements, according to organizers.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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In light of this potential, the implicit mutualism is sobering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Today, attitudes are shifting from human domination of nature toward mutualism—and that means learning to get along with our neighbors.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Art and Commerce The Vuitton stand at Art Basel is likewise dominated by an eight-meter-high sculpture of an octopus, inspired by Chinese lanterns, which Murakami described as a way of countering potential criticism of his ongoing practice of blurring his art practice with his brand collaborations.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Working in collaboration of the National Trust for Historic Places, the National Fund for Sacred Places each year provides matching grants of between $50,000 and $500,000 to congregations undertaking significant capital campaigns.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Leaders need to design symbiosis—like pairing a visionary with a systems thinker, or a sprinter with a stamina builder.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Publishers live in an often-uneasy symbiosis with scientists, publishing their work, but also needing to make money off the process.—
Thomas Morgan,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Reciprocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocity. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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