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Recent Examples of mutualism
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.
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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
While mutualism brings benefits to both species, commensalism brings benefits to one species while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
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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
While mutualism brings benefits to both species, commensalism brings benefits to one species while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutualism
Noun
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His voice — raw, nasal, scratchy but full of passion, anger and wry wisdom — is near enough to the original to be unmistakable and yet colored by the actor’s persona to a degree that suggests something closer to symbiosis than impersonation.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Dec. 2024
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That symbiosis was the way that big cells came together.—
quantamagazine.org,
quantamagazine.org,
26 Sep. 2024
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The post-Depression, and especially the post-World War II period, became an era of reciprocity, Irwin said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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This idea of reciprocity and variety in a school is so fascinating.—
Hans-Ulrich Obrist,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Events like the war in Vietnam, the brutal crackdown in the South of protests during the civil rights movement and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which Canada strongly opposed, tested that friendship at times.—
Matina Stevis-Gridneff,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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And just to have that kind of friendship that many years?—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Mutualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualism. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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