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cross-pollinate

[kraws-pol-uh-neyt, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˈpɒl əˌneɪt, ˈkrɒs- /


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The bank thinks it can get its various lines of business—from consumer deposits to wealth management to investment banking—to cross-pollinate faster and fuel profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

We cross-pollinate plants that have the attributes that we’re looking for.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

Unless you’re growing a multigraft espalier, or your neighbors have apple trees in their garden, to get good fruit set, you’ll need to plant more than one variety so the trees can cross-pollinate.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023

"One of the Madonna's skills is that she's able to cross-pollinate ideas between different projects," said Price.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

They were virtually impossible to cross-pollinate and rarely generated hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee