reciprocity

noun

Definition of reciprocitynext
as in harmony
formal 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 The challenge is to include in their design conditions of reciprocity. — Mariana Mazzucato, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Family bonds require mutual respect, reciprocity and support in order to continue. — Rin Reczek, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 Today’s moon moves through the harmony-seeking sign of Libra, putting diplomacy, justice and emotional reciprocity at the forefront. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026 The Taurus Moon conjoins Chiron in your 7th House of Partnership, stirring sensitivity around trust, reciprocity, reliability, or whether someone can meet you consistently. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reciprocity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocity
  1. harmony
  2. peace
  3. unity
  4. mutualism
  5. collaboration
  6. symbiosis
Noun
  • Reality, for Doomed, hangs on the harmony of the spheres, a crystalline architecture with the power to dazzle—and, at times, to lull.
    — Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The synth melody is poignant through the buds, but the upper vocal harmony and some of the upper-register atmospheric instruments are slightly buried.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of harmony
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  • Witkoff's latest round of shuttle diplomacy comes amid intensifying White House pressure on Zelenskyy to make concessions to secure a peace deal with Moscow.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin would be ready to resume trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine peace talks after mid-November, at the request of US special envoy Steve Witkoff who met with Putin for around three hours Wednesday.
    — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of peace
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  • The result could be another fragile coalition; an unlikely unity government between Netanyahu and Eisenkot; or a prolonged deadlock that sends Israelis back to the polls.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That unity is especially important in an age of misinformation, or when shifting results on election night and the days afterward trigger claims of election fraud.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of unity
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  • However, these examples of mutualism are markedly different from those reviewed by Grueter and colleagues.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of mutualism
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  • The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The collaboration is part of a broader strategy to introduce the 50-year-old house to new consumers while building on recent commercial gains.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaboration
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  • Their passions and delusions strengthen through their symbiosis.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Upstream, the automotive industry exists in productive symbiosis with steel, oil, glass, rubber, aggregates, concrete, electronics, engineering and construction, each transforming flows of matter first to value and then to waste.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of symbiosis

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