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Recent Examples of mutualism
Usually, plant-pollinator interactions are mutualisms.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 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
In a display of mutualism underwater, the crustaceans in return clean the sponges and even breed inside them.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 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
In a display of mutualism underwater, the crustaceans in return clean the sponges and even breed inside them.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutualism
Noun
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Leaders need to design symbiosis—like pairing a visionary with a systems thinker, or a sprinter with a stamina builder.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Publishers live in an often-uneasy symbiosis with scientists, publishing their work, but also needing to make money off the process.—
Thomas Morgan,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After all, the reciprocity treaty between the nations — in place from 1854 to 1865 — had produced an economic boom.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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But Saturn pushes you to create harmony that’s rooted in healthy reciprocity, as opposed to compromise that silences your needs.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The programs in the series were created in a collaboration with performance artists, and resulted in a group of surreal experimental works that pushed the boundaries of sound and narrative well in advance of the digital era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Scheffler, who has cultivated a clean-cut, focused image on the PGA Tour, expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And so our friendship was born, and grew from there over weeks and then months of talking about authorial voice, the politics of publishing, the crushing despair of our historical moment, and how long should a chapter be, anyway?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Aarons notes that the two would spend hours on end in the studio and on phone calls throughout the creation process for the album, growing a close friendship along the way — so much so in fact, that Parker even helped DJ her wedding earlier this year.—
Josh Glicksman,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Mutualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualism. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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