as in cross-fertilization
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Recent Examples of cross-pollination
This cross-pollination of ideas is already influencing the main series.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet precedent exists for successful, speculative and subversive cross-pollination.
—Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Though the Playhouse was not attached officially to the university, there was some cross-pollination, with Smith being much in demand as a cast member for student productions and revues at what was still then a largely male institution.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
Try This: Idea Exchange Program To promote cross-pollination, try organizing interdisciplinary brainstorming sessions or hosting lunch-and-learn sessions where employees from different teams can share their projects and learn from each other.
—Kristina Madden, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet precedent exists for successful, speculative and subversive cross-pollination.
—Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Though the Playhouse was not attached officially to the university, there was some cross-pollination, with Smith being much in demand as a cast member for student productions and revues at what was still then a largely male institution.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
Try This: Idea Exchange Program To promote cross-pollination, try organizing interdisciplinary brainstorming sessions or hosting lunch-and-learn sessions where employees from different teams can share their projects and learn from each other.
—Kristina Madden, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cross-pollination
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“Cross-pollination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-pollination. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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