as in collaboration
a mutually beneficial relationship
The two artists, each with their own style, share a symbiosis that enriches both their individual and collaborative work.
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Recent Examples of symbiosis
The seeming symbiosis between country music and Republican politics is a fairly recent phenomenon—a product of Richard Nixon’s electoral strategy and the broader cultural and political realignment of the 1970s.
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Time, 6 Dec. 2025
There’s really this symbiosis between digital and physical that is significant.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
It is expected that in the future, robotic engineering will become the basis of an industry that will be a symbiosis of humans and machines.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
If successful, this productive force— supposed to be restorative, in at least some visions—would grow up in symbiosis with primitive fossil capital.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Time, 6 Dec. 2025
There’s really this symbiosis between digital and physical that is significant.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
It is expected that in the future, robotic engineering will become the basis of an industry that will be a symbiosis of humans and machines.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
If successful, this productive force— supposed to be restorative, in at least some visions—would grow up in symbiosis with primitive fossil capital.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symbiosis
Noun
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The recent visit builds on a collaboration with Miami Lighthouse.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Since its inception in 1981, Wednesday's Child has been a collaboration of the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), the Department of Children & Families and WBZ-TV/CBS Boston.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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This story was produced with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and donors in South Florida’s Jewish and Muslim communities, including Khalid and Diana Mirza and the Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Foundation, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The partnership centers on the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix (May 9-10) and the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix (May 30-31), with BTA branding on the team’s F50 catamaran plus destination content across digital platforms, and prominence during race-week events.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Symbiotic mutualism emerges out of ecological thinking, out of that systems thinking, instead of classification thinking, which is a more flawed model.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
13 Nov. 2025
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The discovery highlights an exciting case of biological mutualism–a relationship where both species benefit.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Symbiosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symbiosis. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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