reciprocal
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Ethiopia also expelled an Egyptian diplomat without explanation, prompting a reciprocal move by Cairo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The U.S. and China said they agreed to a $30 billion reciprocal tariff reduction and to launch a bilateral dialogue on AI, the Journal’s Katrina Northrop reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was a rare reciprocal relationship in an interaction otherwise distorted by fame—we loved her because she was Gloria Steinem, and she loved us because we were bright-eyed young women.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
The most obvious example of a 'trade' is the reciprocal wildcard agreement between the USTA, Tennis Australia and the French Tennis Federation.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ai: I want very much to bring that ship down, Mr. Alshel, as proof and witness of our reciprocal good faith.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Take reciprocals and change the signs of the exponents.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
We know that perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
We can graph by observing the graph of the cosine function because these two functions are reciprocals of one another.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
We can graph by observing the graph of the sine function because these two functions are reciprocals of one another.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The delicate adjustment of reciprocals is our sanction.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
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