as in cross-fertilization
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Recent Examples of cross-pollination
This cross-pollination of ideas is what keeps NYC’s cultural energy so vibrant and mirrors how my late wife Isabel and I existed for 50 years in that magical space between art and fashion, not prioritizing one over the other but enjoying its intoxicating rare blend.
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Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Because of cross-pollination, both intentional and serendipitous, flavor profiles can blend so Sugar-Berry or Honey-Berry can emerge.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
There are countless examples of cross-pollination within or across disciplines that lead to discovery.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
Use technology to bring people together, encourage cross-pollination of ideas and create projects that bring together people with different skills and backgrounds.
—Sam Lawrence, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Because of cross-pollination, both intentional and serendipitous, flavor profiles can blend so Sugar-Berry or Honey-Berry can emerge.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
There are countless examples of cross-pollination within or across disciplines that lead to discovery.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
Use technology to bring people together, encourage cross-pollination of ideas and create projects that bring together people with different skills and backgrounds.
—Sam Lawrence, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cross-pollination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-pollination
cross-fertilization
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For example, what Fluck calls an aesthetic transnationalism aims to recover and celebrate America as a site of global flow and rich cultural cross-fertilization.—
Abby Clayton,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2025
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Maybe as a cross-fertilization?—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Cross-pollination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-pollination. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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