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Recent Examples of cross-pollination
Fischer tracks the artistic cross-pollination among his subjects and their filmmaking peers.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In his view, cross-pollination is measurable.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
The Kardashian-Jenner family loves a cross-pollination moment.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
What struck me at the time, was the role of cross-pollination of ideas across geographies.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In his view, cross-pollination is measurable.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
The Kardashian-Jenner family loves a cross-pollination moment.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
What struck me at the time, was the role of cross-pollination of ideas across geographies.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cross-pollination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-pollination
cross-fertilization
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One of the last and most powerful intersections in the arts, where cross-fertilization and creative renewal can and should happen, is between film and opera.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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One of the literary cross-fertilizations involves artists’ cards, which feature in the novel Bolt from the Blue (2021), composed in the form of correspondence by letter, postcard and email between a single mother in Birmingham and her artist daughter in London.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Feb. 2026
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