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Recent Examples of cross-pollination
Something starry-eyed about the joy of tournament football — the novelty, the discovery, the cross-pollination?
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025
This cross-pollination between club and country has bred a group of players who are not just technically capable, but mentally battle-hardened.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Some of the most interesting moments at any edition of the Annecy Animation Festival come from cross-pollination – seeing the tangible influences of international animation.
—Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 June 2025
The cross-pollination of religion and psychedelics has a long history.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025
This cross-pollination between club and country has bred a group of players who are not just technically capable, but mentally battle-hardened.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Some of the most interesting moments at any edition of the Annecy Animation Festival come from cross-pollination – seeing the tangible influences of international animation.
—Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 June 2025
The cross-pollination of religion and psychedelics has a long history.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-pollination
cross-fertilization
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For example, what Fluck calls an aesthetic transnationalism aims to recover and celebrate America as a site of global flow and rich cultural cross-fertilization.—
Abby Clayton,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2025
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Maybe as a cross-fertilization?—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Cross-pollination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-pollination. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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