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
More information can be found on driver privilege reciprocity on the Texas DPS site.
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Michael Cuviello, Dallas Morning News, 4 Apr. 2026
That is unless the state has a reciprocity agreement with your home state or doesn’t levy an income tax.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
And at some point, Venezuelan officials may decide they’d like some kind of reciprocity.
—Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
During mergers and acquisitions, Yang finds that men tend to expand their networks by forming new connections with other men, while women strengthen existing relationships with other women, increasing trust and reciprocity during uncertain times.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Michael Cuviello, Dallas Morning News, 4 Apr. 2026
That is unless the state has a reciprocity agreement with your home state or doesn’t levy an income tax.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
And at some point, Venezuelan officials may decide they’d like some kind of reciprocity.
—Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
During mergers and acquisitions, Yang finds that men tend to expand their networks by forming new connections with other men, while women strengthen existing relationships with other women, increasing trust and reciprocity during uncertain times.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocity
Noun
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The lush harmonies of the arrangement, featuring Puth’s voice stacked with those of his three backing vocalists, closed out that number.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Drawing on the fundamentals of hanok (a traditional Korean home), the new lounges emphasize harmony among natural materials, light, and space.—
Lauren Mechling,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The people of Connecticut want to live in peace, raise their children in safety, and know their government is working for them.—
Jillian Gilchrest,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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The pope has often called for peace and unity, condemning violence and war.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Church was using a foreign landscape, in other words, to appeal for American unity.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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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
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The discovery highlights an exciting case of biological mutualism–a relationship where both species benefit.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 Nov. 2025
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Past inductions have sometimes but not always included musical collaborations between inductor and inductee — depending, oftentimes, on whether the person doing the honors is a singer or from some other walk of entertainment.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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In the fall of 2026, Chanel will officially launch an annual, one-year fellowship in collaboration with the Guggenheim.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
6 May 2026
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There’s a symbiosis in play here, and the NFL is fully aware that its unmatched popularity is still almost entirely a function of its TV-first delivery scheme.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
1 May 2026
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Whereas Schafer was a polemicist, wanting to impose his ideas onto society, Lockwood is interested in a personal symbiosis with nature, beginning with the humble belief that one is open to change.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Reciprocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocity. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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