as in mutual
characterized by a cooperative or interdependent relationship
The neighbors have a symbiotic relationship, each helping the other out as they are able.
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Recent Examples of symbiotic
Given the symbiotic relationship between X and xAI, investors in the companies may welcome the transaction, said Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School.
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Kate Conger, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Together volunteers will plant native plants, remove invasive species, and take willow cuttings at San Elijo Lagoon while restoring the symbiotic relationships between the individual, the land, and the collectives.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Their somewhat symbiotic friendship turns sour when Genovese orders a hit on the former, turning the streets of New York into a duplicitous battleground for survival.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
This symbiotic relationship between CX and EX is a powerful driver of growth.
—Deepinder Singh Sethi, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Kate Conger, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Together volunteers will plant native plants, remove invasive species, and take willow cuttings at San Elijo Lagoon while restoring the symbiotic relationships between the individual, the land, and the collectives.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Their somewhat symbiotic friendship turns sour when Genovese orders a hit on the former, turning the streets of New York into a duplicitous battleground for survival.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
This symbiotic relationship between CX and EX is a powerful driver of growth.
—Deepinder Singh Sethi, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symbiotic
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Tariffs were paused on April 8 for 90 days, except for China where mutual tariffs shot up to above 100 percent.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy both joined the navy, aware that fine military records would support their political aspirations; the relationship between the two men, moving from mutual respect to bitter rivalry, is one of the book’s stronger story lines.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The proposal calls for OAR to be eliminated as an office, as well as funding for climate, weather and ocean laboratories, cooperative institutes and other programs.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Players can buy businesses, rob banks, toy around in supercars, or join others in cooperative heists.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Beijing responded by slapping reciprocal tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. goods, mostly targeting U.S. agricultural products worth some $16.5 billion — a trade war that saw the loss of a quarter of a million U.S. jobs by January 2021, according to the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC).—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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On the other hand, the Trump administration should aim to keep high-end, strategic manufacturing—in sectors such as semiconductors and industrial robotics—close to balanced, through formulaic reciprocal tariffs.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Symbiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symbiotic. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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