mutualism

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Recent Examples of mutualism Today, attitudes are shifting from human domination of nature toward mutualism—and that means learning to get along with our neighbors. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 Bees get nectar from flowers while acting as pollinators in a process called mutualism. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025 Yet mutual aid/mutualism never seems to get as much attention as conflict/competition does. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Feb. 2025 When mutualism between two species is threatened, a few possible scenarios emerge, according to a December 2010 article published in Ecology Letters. Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mutualism
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Noun
  • Neuralink top officials’ public rhetoric about machine-human symbiosis and healthy human implantation diverges sharply from the company’s clinical work helping people with ALS and quadriplegia control a computer with their mind.
    O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The movement was like a symbiosis that happens.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Ask and offer in equal measure, because community grows through everyday reciprocity.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Perhaps this moment in our personal and collective history calls for a modification of the Golden Rule in either version—one that values simplicity and elegance over conditional reciprocity.
    Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Why designs keep breaking MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD student Faraz Faruqi led the work in collaboration with researchers from Google, Stability AI, and Northeastern University.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
  • It's led to collaborations with companies, and his following has grown to over a quarter of a million people.
    Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, their friends are also navigating the ups and downs of love and friendship, confronting the bittersweet challenges of growing up and moving on.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026

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“Mutualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualism. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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