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But what lingers just as persistently is a certain slipperiness of intent—a sense that Lynch himself, so aware of the complex, symbiotic play of light and darkness in human nature, was content to flit eternally, and with a mosquito’s fickle curiosity, between two moral poles.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2025 -
And mutualism, as symbiotic cooperation is called in biology, is vital to life itself.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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Bloys was clear, however, that WBD wasn’t entirely dependent on Rowling for the project.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Saudi Arabia remains the world's largest oil exporter and many of our allies are heavily dependent on Saudi oil.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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While individual contributions are important, the synergistic power of teamwork can unlock new possibilities and help groups and organizations achieve far more than any single person could on their own.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The potential for a synergistic effect becomes evident with advances aimed at reducing immune responses.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Mutualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualistic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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