reciprocal
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As the court in Barbara explained, birthright citizenship launches a reciprocal relationship between a person and the sovereign.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But even when Kiki botches a delivery by dropping a toy mid-air, sending it tumbling into a nearby forest, a bit of reciprocal effort solves the problem.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Manx government said the change would be made in line the island's reciprocal arrangements under the Customs and Excise Agreement, which sees the island maintain the same VAT rates as the United Kingdom.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Traditional theories were designed for reciprocal interactions, where action and reaction are equal.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
He couldn’t understand or accept that the passion he felt for Zita wasn’t reciprocal.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Take reciprocals and change the signs of the exponents.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
We can use the fact that perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The slopes are reciprocals of each other, but they have the same sign.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The slopes are negative reciprocals of each other, so the lines are perpendicular.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Barlow's Tables of squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots, reciprocals of all numbers up to 10,000.
From A System of Easy Lettering by John Howard Cromwell
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