reciprocal

Example Sentences

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And, of course, we’ve been in a reciprocal comedy arrangement with Britain — or at least we have been nicking their ideas for shows — for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

In just one news cycle, businesses learned that reciprocal tariffs were invalid, that a new global tariff would soon become effective and that fast-track government investigations could lead to additional duties.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

The White House also said it would "continue to honour its legally binding agreements on reciprocal trade".

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The administration late last year exempted a number of food items from its so-called reciprocal tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

How could these hierarchical, acquisitive, market-oriented, monotheistic, ethnocentric newcomers have absorbed ideas and customs from the egalitarian, reciprocal, noncapitalistic, pantheistic, ethnocentric natives?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann