CROSS-FERTILIZATION Synonyms: 9 Similar Words

cross-fertilization

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as in cross-pollination

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Recent Examples of cross-fertilization In the public debate, there are those who speak only about such cultural cross-fertilization, and those who speak only about restitution. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025 One of the last and most powerful intersections in the arts, where cross-fertilization and creative renewal can and should happen, is between film and opera. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026 Yet today this cross-fertilization is no longer an occasional, sporadic benefit. — Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025 There are arguments for Turkish, Serbo-Croatian, and Lithuanian roots, among others, suggestive of the linguistic cross-fertilizations of central and southeastern Europe. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2025

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cross-pollination

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And then, the cross-pollination came to an abrupt stop.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
One of the advantages of working for a franchise owned by Kroenke Sports and Entertainment is the opportunities for cross-pollination between teams in different sports.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 June 2026

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