give-and-take

Example Sentences

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The give-and-take over bringing state workers into the office is playing out as public agencies take different approaches to remote work since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

The European Union, with its cumbersome culture of consensus-building and give-and-take, was the most elaborate expression of that political way of life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Whatever the reason, it’s a shame that one of the couple’s final collaborative works — a very sweet and realistic tale of give-and-take — is all but missing from the documentary about their relationship.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

As if in a cipher made up of different versions of himself, there’s an endless give-and-take between Idris the teacher and Idris the performer and Idris the writer and Idris the nerdy heartsick hip-hop stan.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

The expression on her face suggested that give-and-take was a new and unpleasant concept to Bonnie of Greensboro.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris