reciprocal
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Girls tend to be more adept at mimicking social responses like eye contact and reciprocal play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
To willing partners in China, America should offer terms seeking transparency into ownership and supply chains, cooperation with foreign regulatory investigations, compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls, and reciprocal access for American companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
As the court in Barbara explained, birthright citizenship launches a reciprocal relationship between a person and the sovereign.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But even when Kiki botches a delivery by dropping a toy mid-air, sending it tumbling into a nearby forest, a bit of reciprocal effort solves the problem.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
He was frank, and expected a reciprocal frankness that I might not be able to supply.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The⎛slo⎞pes are negative reciprocals of each other, so the lines are perpendicular.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
Now we will see how recognizing reciprocals is helpful.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The slopes are negative reciprocals of each other, so the lines are perpendicular.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Then find their reciprocals to determine the other functions.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
Barlow's Tables of squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots, reciprocals of all numbers up to 10,000.
From A System of Easy Lettering by John Howard Cromwell
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