give-and-take
Example Sentences
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She guides her clients to prompt AI to engage in the natural give-and-take of a conversation instead of asking it to generate a full script.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Every member of this cast holds their own, granted, but Morgan and Radcliffe’s onscreen give-and-take earns Arthur’s slow, steady acceptance into Reggie’s weird, lovely family dynamic.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 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
But also Eileen doesn’t quite know what that takes, what a relationship takes, the give-and-take.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
But there was a difference between suppressing the publication of research findings and restricting the personal give-and-take among scientists that was indispensable for scientific progress.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
