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Adjective
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When structured thoughtfully, internships—especially in creative fields—create symbiotic relationships, offering new graduates and current college students alike real-world exposure while providing employers with fresh perspectives and potential future hires.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025 -
The nonprofit groups that manage these trails all depend, to varying degrees, on federal funds and symbiotic relationships with federal organizations such as the United States Forest Service and National Park Service.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
12 May 2025
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Dreamtime by Simon Theuma This small, commensal shrimp almost appears to be swimming over a tapestry, but in reality, the technicolor backdrop is the body of a mosaic sea star.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Jan. 2024
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Science defines the rat’s relationship to humans as commensal: an association between two species in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
7 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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The new law made married women dependent citizens; their citizenship status was now entirely derived from that of their husbands.—
Time,
Time,
19 May 2025
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Not surprisingly, the latter is highly dependent on the former, industry experts say.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Tomlin said that a synergistic effect will also take place when Harmon is working alongside Cameron Heyward or Keeanu Benton in pass rushing situations.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The sale to Regeneron makes some synergistic sense: In February 2024, 23andMe signaled its intent to sell user data to pharmaceutical companies, like its longtime partner GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).—
Michael Barclay,
Quartz,
19 May 2025
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“Mutualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualistic. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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