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Recent Examples of mutualistic
Emily Yeager, the lead author of the study, told USA TODAY in an interview that the symbiotic relationship between remoras and their hosts had been considered either mutualistic, where both species benefit or commensal, where one benefits without affecting the other.
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James Powel, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Corals, too, have a mutualistic relationship with some seagrasses.
—David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Reciprocity sustains mutualistic exchange.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
James Powel, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Corals, too, have a mutualistic relationship with some seagrasses.
—David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Reciprocity sustains mutualistic exchange.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutualistic
Adjective
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The French and American film industries have always been symbiotic, if also a little antagonistic.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
27 May 2026
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There is a symbiotic relationship between traditional journalists and bloggers.—
Jeremy Saks,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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This process called a commensal pathway in animal domestication occurs when the animal is attracted to human settlements, instead of humans actively trying to recruit the animals.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 June 2025
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According to some biologists, this might show that these birds are on their way to becoming commensal with humans—benefiting from living closely alongside them—like pigeons have in urban areas.—
Jorge Garay,
Wired News,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Beijing’s long-term interests center on creating an overland trade route from China to Europe that is not dependent on partners such as Russia or Iran, which have their own agendas.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Across the country, small colleges have been closing at an alarming pace, especially institutions that were tuition-dependent, undercapitalized, enrollment-fragile and vague in their market position.—
Christos Korgan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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And the next speech was Frederick Douglass, who was very synergistic with Lincoln.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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This is propelled by the synergistic growth of its EPYC server CPUs, which continue to capture substantial market share from Intel, along with its Instinct AI accelerators (MI300 series), which are establishing themselves as the main credible competitor to Nvidia for AI tasks.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Mutualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualistic. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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