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Recent Examples of mutualistic
Reciprocity sustains mutualistic exchange.
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutualistic
Adjective
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Continuing with both music and baseball wasn’t really a decision; the two came as naturally as breathing, and the symbiotic relationship unfolded easily before him.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
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Norway spruce trees accumulate gold nanoparticles by utilizing their resident, symbiotic bacteria, known as endophytes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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Meanwhile, molecular biologist and science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt suggested in Science Magazine that influenza epidemics may become less severe as the planet warms, but outbreaks may become more common, rather than season-dependent.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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Insertion of a synthetic switch into insulin provides metabolite-dependent regulation of hormone–receptor activation.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Extrapolating these numbers to a US Foods/PFG merger and applying similar levels of synergies using the EBITDA of PFG’s foodservice segment ($1.2 billion), which holds most of the synergistic potential, a merger could be expected to yield $800 million to upwards of $1 billion in synergies.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
13 Sep. 2025
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Good or synergistic all the time.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Mutualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualistic. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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