How to Use cross-pollination in a Sentence

cross-pollination

noun
  • And then, the cross-pollination came to an abrupt stop.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • But know that dahlias grown from seed are not true to their parent plant due to cross-pollination.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Make a plan for cross-pollination.
    — Iese Business School, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • What struck me at the time, was the role of cross-pollination of ideas across geographies.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The first is the aforementioned lack of cross-pollination between the guests.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • At that time, there was no cross-pollination between movies and television.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2025
  • For each cross-pollination idea, explain the core insight, why nobody has done this yet, and what makes now the right time.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The best way to ensure high yields is to plant two or more cultivars together for cross-pollination.
    — Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The cross-pollination of Hollywood and Japan goes back for decades.
    — Yuri Kageyama, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Well, during the ‘60s there was a big cross-pollination between the rock and roll world and the improv world.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2025
  • Webb sees potential not only for sowing and reaping but for cross-pollination as well.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023
  • In his view, cross-pollination is measurable.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The cross-pollination between gyms like this and the world of online masculinity is strong.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The cross-pollination of religion and psychedelics has a long history.
    — Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • One of Antwerp’s distinctions is its cross-pollination of creative scenes.
    — Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Almond trees depend on bees for cross-pollination, and bees in turn feed on almond pollen, which helps sustain the hives throughout the bloom.
    — Amy Taxin, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The main course is another lesson in culinary cross-pollination.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Just give them a few extra inches of space between varieties to prevent cross-pollination.
    — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That’s where cross-pollination comes in—borrowing ideas, tools and strategies from other fields and applying them in fresh ways.
    — Ryan Gray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • There's also the issue of cross-pollination, which will happen the second year these two are in the garden together.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 3 July 2024
  • More fluidity among work teams and cross-pollination of skills gives both employees and employers ways to adapt when change comes.
    — Sarah Peiker, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • This cross-pollination of ideas is already influencing the main series.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The main thread initially was this idea of cross-pollination in terms of geography and chronology.
    — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 27 May 2026
  • Fischer tracks the artistic cross-pollination among his subjects and their filmmaking peers.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • There’s so much cross-pollination between scenes, a lot of different people playing on each other’s records and sitting in with each other.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Pecans need cross-pollination between a compatible pair of cultivars to produce a crop.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Fashion is a cross-pollination of different mediums and interests and cultures and ideas.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Of course, the cross-pollination between fashion and design isn’t entirely novel.
    — Katherine McGrath, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The fruit from the new tree may vary in size, flavor, and color due to genetic variability and the potential for cross-pollination.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
  • When ordering your pawpaws, be sure to plant two or more selections to ensure cross-pollination of the different pawpaw trees.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023

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