How to Use mutualism in a Sentence

mutualism

noun

• The new study found that there was a mutualism to the behavior.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2020
• Other living things have evolved to snatch up the rewards of mutualism with none of the costs.
  — Kristin Ohlson, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
• There’s sort of a little mutualism there between Darwin and Bates, Darwin didn't have the kind of evidence Bates had.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• There’s sort of a little mutualism there between Darwin and Bates, Darwin didn't have the kind of evidence Bates had.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• Partnerships between ants and trees are classic examples of mutualism in nature---the trees provide room and board for the ant colonies who protect the trees from pests.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2013
• As expected, the mutualisms had a destabilizing effect on the system.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2018
• Anyone who has hiked in a forest may have noted lichens formed from a union of fungi and algae, without realizing that these are prime examples of mutualism.
  — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
• And both fig and fig wasp are utterly reliant on one another to survive—a phenomenon called mutualism.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2022
• Nevertheless, Coyte doesn’t rule out the possibility of the balanced mutualisms that O’Dwyer and Butler modeled.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2018
• Draymond and Golden State are perhaps the best example of mutualism in the basketball world, and both sides should be happy their relationship will continue.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Research has backed up the efficacy of this mutualism: Coyotes and badgers that hunt together are both more effective at getting food.
  — National Geographic, 5 Feb. 2020
• That’s an example of mutualism, a term for whenever one animal helps another.
  — Erika Larsen, National Geographic, 1 Oct. 2020
• This is an example of mutualism, in which animals of different species work together to meet their individual needs.
  — National Geographic, 14 Feb. 2020
• The study, published online ahead of print for the journal Geology, also provides early evidence for mutualism between plants and animals.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2018
• Power and temptation cause shifts between exploitation and cooperation in a cleaner wrasse mutualism, Proc.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2013
• If true, the phenomenon could be considered mutualism, Zduniak says—a reciprocal behavior among species that benefits both parties.
  — Nizamettin Yavuz, National Geographic, 17 Aug. 2017
• This is synergy, mutualism and adaptation awaiting rediscovery on the mainland.
  — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 4 July 2017
• This metabolic mutualism helps trees to survive in all kinds of different environmental conditions and expand their ecological niche.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
• Functional mismatch in a bumble bee pollination mutualism under climate change.
  — Gwen Pearson, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2015
• But there’s also metabolic mutualism — the acquisition of metabolism through this really intimate partnership between two organisms.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024