as in complementary
related to each other in such a way that one completes the other
the two nations agreed to give reciprocal work rights to each other's citizens, thus facilitating the daily border crossings of workers from both countries
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Recent Examples of reciprocal
South Korea faces a 25% reciprocal tariff rate as well as product-specific duties of 25% for steel, aluminum and automobiles — all of which are major exports.
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Trump previously cut many of his Liberation Day reciprocal tariff rates from higher than 40 percent on countries like Vietnam and Cambodia down to 10 percent.
—Ryan Young, National Review, 22 May 2025
The president’s reciprocal tariffs, though paused for 90 days, are expected to hit businesses across all sectors hard with heavy blows to the auto industry.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 May 2025
The president imposed reciprocal tariffs on a slew of countries April 2 but later paused most of them for 90 days, saying those nations' leaders were eager to negotiate trade deals.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocal
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Slightly warmer undertones are complementary to wood tones.—
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Vail Health designed Precourt to treat patients holistically, with healthy meals, exercise options and complementary therapies, such as art and music, as well as traditional one-on-one or group therapy, said Dr. Teresa Haynes, director of inpatient behavioral health.—
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Rather than solely focusing on what’s lacking, try to understand if your needs are rooted in a desire for fairness and mutual respect rather than a sense of being owed something.—
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A lot of the recent Grey’s exits have been mutual and/or pre-announced departures.—
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And this past week, The Financial Times reported that regulators were preparing to announce within months a reduction in the supplementary leverage ratio, a backstop safety measure adopted in 2014.—
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But in an fMRI machine, her brain looked surprisingly active: When she was asked to imagine playing tennis, blood flowed to her brain’s supplementary motor area, a region that helps coordinate movement.—
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“Reciprocal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocal. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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