How to Use reciprocity in a Sentence

reciprocity

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  • The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations.
  • The reciprocity requirement seems to have been dropped in the case of the United States.
    — New York Times, 18 June 2021
  • There are about 37 states that grant reciprocity, though the rules are different in each one.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021
  • But what happens when both sides don’t see reciprocity the same way?
    — Mark Delwiche, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Mar. 2018
  • But the reciprocity is not in place for the U.S. with other foreign countries.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • That is, unless the state has a reciprocity agreement with your home state or doesn’t levy an income tax.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The world needs to learn to treat one another and love one another in a reciprocity rhythm.
    — Darick Spears, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022
  • McGetrick says his study is the first to look at reciprocity between humans and dogs.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2021
  • Do so with no reciprocity in mind or benefit to you at all.
    — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 11 Sep. 2017
  • In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit people throw salmon bones back to their home river as a gesture of reciprocity, in the hopes that the salmon will come back.
    — Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
  • The salmon are part of that river: a gift, a thing to be cared for, a manifestation of the cyclicity and reciprocity of a world in balance.
    — National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2020
  • After all, part of the point of Gambino's song is that reciprocity is too uncommon in the U.S.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 20 May 2018
  • At the top of the list: a gun-owner’s ability to bring a legal weapon across any state lines, a policy known as reciprocity.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2017
  • The first is the lack of reciprocity in terms of tariffs, market access, and investment.
    — Emily Stewart, Vox, 8 July 2018
  • The most common thing that all the world religions have is that ethic of reciprocity, that golden rule.
    — Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020
  • For that matter, the Brits could carry out reciprocity as well.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
  • While Americans were able to travel to the 33 countries covered by the ban, there was no reciprocity.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • States are catching on, and more than a dozen have passed universal reciprocity laws since 2019.
    — Jon Hartley, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
  • This implies reciprocity in the views of many researchers.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • Trust is also built with reciprocity in terms of your sharing.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Only now that Zaza and Beauvoir are both dead can a kind of reciprocity be restored.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Some areas with a lot of commuters who cross state lines have reciprocity agreements.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Ohio has reciprocity agreements with more than three dozen states.
    — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2022
  • As part of the education to obtain a permit, gun owners are instilled with the knowledge of reciprocity laws that vary from state to state.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Spruks expounded on the noble goal of reciprocity but changed few minds.
    — Harvey Solomon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2020
  • This would ensure that reciprocity, balance and proportion are part of the process.
    — Christopher R. Hill and Thomas R. Pickering, star-telegram, 11 June 2018
  • Hawaiians had already been wary of the reciprocity treaties.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Seeking support is important, for the eighth house is a place of reciprocity.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And particularly when trade deficits are the result of currency manipulation, a lack of reciprocity in market access, unfair labor practices, or subsidies, the United States should try to change the rules of trade.
    — Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
  • Although the contours of any deal would be determined in large part by leverage, reciprocity, negotiating skill, and quid pro quos, there are some basic principles that could help facilitate a fair and lasting agreement.
    — Thomas R. Pickering, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2023

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