reciprocation

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Recent Examples of reciprocation Therefore, reciprocation is a must. Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Aug. 2025 My efforts are met with little or no reciprocation. Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025 Furthermore, Newsweek has reported on how some friendships can turn toxic when one person consistently expects the other to accommodate their needs without reciprocation. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Leos demand respect and honor for their kindness to their friends and brood, so no deed is done without reciprocation. Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reciprocation
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Noun
  • Some 3,000 businesses have filed lawsuits seeking recompense, Automotive News reported, many of them car manufacturers.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Most have an attendance policy and an absence means a paper must be written as recompense.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • McMahon started the night on the bench and came in for Amed Rosario as a defensive substitution in the top of the eighth.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Rather than force a substitution that compromised quality—or lean more heavily on synthetics—the company began to reconsider its approach.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, as Quick reported, Dundon has already been canvassing the basketball world for Splitter’s possible replacement while clearly not caring about the awful optics.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The replacement was made possible by the generous donation of an anonymous person, done in honor of his history-loving deceased wife.
    Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The following months were filled with back-and-forth negotiations.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Trump said today that Iran is making an offer for negotiations but did not provide additional details.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Paramount on Monday asked the FCC for authorization to include the royal families and other foreign investors to help finance the company’s proposed $81-billion transaction.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.
    Adam Reiss, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Romantic Venus sextiles dreamy Neptune, softening conversations and opening space for empathy, imagination, and meaningful exchange.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Minutes earlier, Kelsy took advantage of an uncharacteristically lax exchange, blindsiding Jeppe Tverskov to take possession and create an instant breakaway opportunity.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Reciprocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocation. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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