mutualism

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Recent Examples of mutualism All the while, the solar panels stood quietly by, converting the late afternoon sun into clean energy in a display of mutualism, one that might help spare the future for the kids playing soccer nearby. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024 The obligate mutualism between the moth and the Joshua tree is limited to a narrow belt where the trees grow best, as neither can survive at high elevations, but the tree cannot reproduce in low elevations either, according to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 June 2024 Many species of ants have mutualisms with hemipterans. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024 Remora fish do indeed have suckers, but the relationship can by characterized as mutualism or symbiosis. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for mutualism
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Noun
  • In Russia, state power and high culture have long existed in a pained, but seemingly inexorable, symbiosis.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This study presents a rare example of symbiosis involving direct food provisioning.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But Trump’s definition of reciprocity is a peculiar one.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That threatens to further ignite the trade war, forcing countries to retaliate in ways that could spur Trump to add more levies of his own under the mantle of reciprocity.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The perfect mixture At first glance, Chrono Trigger might look like a fairly stereotypical RPG, from the themes about the power of friendship to the quirky non-human party members.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • And obviously our friendship and bond has now withstood the time of four or five decades.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Mutualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualism. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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