reciprocal
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By Nixon’s time, South Vietnam’s survival was no longer a U.S. imperative for reasons that had their reciprocal elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Trump's decision to lower reciprocal tariffs on India earlier this year from 50% to 18% after a 10-month impasse was met with a huge sense of relief in Delhi.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Trump will also be hoping to leave with a firm date for a reciprocal visit by Xi to the United States later in 2026, to prove his rapport with his Chinese counterpart.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
And, of course, we’ve been in a reciprocal comedy arrangement with Britain — or at least we have been nicking their ideas for shows — for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Most interesting of all, if you take a number x and replace it with its reciprocal 1/x, that is equivalent to flipping the sphere upside down and reflecting it in a mirror.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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