as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group
every film is a mutual effort by the director, writer, actors, and a host of others
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Recent Examples of mutual
The legendary director is a regular at the Vatican and had met with the pope several times over the course of his career, building a rapport over their mutual appreciation for art.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Many programs were residential, rural and embraced early versions of mutual aid, where artists and activists support one another directly through pooling money and resources.
—Johanna K. Taylor, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
The vulnerability was mutual, extending to both artist and sitter.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
As the evening wore on and a bottle of Yukon Jack slowly drained, our mutual love of dogs, guns and hunting surfaced.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Many programs were residential, rural and embraced early versions of mutual aid, where artists and activists support one another directly through pooling money and resources.
—Johanna K. Taylor, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
The vulnerability was mutual, extending to both artist and sitter.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
As the evening wore on and a bottle of Yukon Jack slowly drained, our mutual love of dogs, guns and hunting surfaced.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mutual
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutual
Adjective
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Many supported Trump because of their collective allergy toward anything remotely lefty—seeing Hugo Chávez or his successor Nicolás Maduro’s shadow on Kamala Harris.—
Alejandro Puyana,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Yet, however imperfectly, the U.S. also stood for another, better order, which recognized the rights of small nations and spoke to much of humanity’s hope for a world run for the collective good, not just for the benefit of a few powerful states.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The institutions have co-signed a joint letter amid legal fights over the Trump administration's attempts to force through governance and leadership changes at colleges under the threat of frozen federal funding.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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In his previous term in office, Trump took the unprecedented step of refusing to join fellow G-7 leaders in the traditional joint communiqué issued at the end of a summit.—
Ngaire Woods,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This belief, that storytelling is a communal act, inspired me.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The idea was developed based on communal or cooperative communities in Israel and was implemented to help Black sharecroppers in Southwest Georgia who were being forced off their land by white farmers because of their participation in the Civil Rights Movement.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Mutual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutual. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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