mutualistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutualistic
Adjective
  • Check 2025 and past exhibitions here. IN VOGUE WITH NATURE Fashion and nature have long shared a symbiotic relationship, where beauty and creativity flourish through inspiration drawn from the natural world.
    Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The study's implications stretch from evolutionary biology to potential applications in medicine, agriculture and biotechnology, where harnessing symbiotic relationships might drive innovation.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • There’s a middle ground, where Miller is an empty-calorie scorer that is a bit too dependent on power-play production.
    Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Typically, stingrays are pregnant for four to five months, but Charlotte would have been about four months overdue, dependent on the timeline shared by Team Ecco.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The potential for a synergistic effect becomes evident with advances aimed at reducing immune responses.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The synergistic tag-team elements, tight defensive abilities, and aerial combat mechanics give it a thrilling Devil May Cry-like flair.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Mutualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualistic. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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