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
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
The give-and-take of language is something like warfare.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
