reciprocity

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Recent Examples of reciprocity Today’s moon moves through the harmony-seeking sign of Libra, putting diplomacy, justice and emotional reciprocity at the forefront. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026 The Taurus Moon conjoins Chiron in your 7th House of Partnership, stirring sensitivity around trust, reciprocity, reliability, or whether someone can meet you consistently. Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 Advertisement Without that reciprocity, the pattern will likely repeat. Sanam Vakil, Time, 16 July 2026 While reconfiguring arms spending and military capacities, the US and other NATO members will likely need to shore up the mutual reliability, respect, and reciprocity that maintain successful alliances. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reciprocity
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Noun
  • Cook noted there needs to be a healthy harmony between being by yourself and being with other people.
    Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Haircut 100 is a band that many fans have lost touch with, providing a thrilling reminder of the peppy harmonies that helped define one of the finest eras of British pop.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The redesignation comes as the administration worked to broker peace talks between Israel and Lebanon.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • His remarks came as diplomatic efforts to revive peace talks are completely stalled, days after a 60-day memorandum of understanding to negotiate an end to the war expired.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Especially if that sense of unity and alignment that marked the final weeks of last season is maintained through this one.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike typical events, the people themselves are the focus, fostering unity and action.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • However, these examples of mutualism are markedly different from those reviewed by Grueter and colleagues.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
  • Symbiotic mutualism emerges out of ecological thinking, out of that systems thinking, instead of classification thinking, which is a more flawed model.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Clear communication keeps collaboration useful without draining the spark.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For Lush’s head of concepts and collaborations Kalem Brinkworth, the intensity of the group’s fandom was a surprise.
    Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Even then, the orchid-fungal symbiosis was seen as a quirk of their nature.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The scale of the commercial-military symbiosis between Washington and Silicon Valley is almost incomprehensible.
    Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Reciprocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocity. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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