as in mutual
having a greater effect or benefit than any of its components considered individually
The combination of these two drugs is synergistic, so they should be used together only with extreme caution.
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Recent Examples of synergistic
The company also plans to pursue synergistic opportunities to enhance its business portfolio.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Teamed with a whole host of other vitamins (for synergistic purposes), this product brightens the skin whilst protecting it.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Not only are supplements less strictly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration compared to prescription and over-the-counter drugs, making their potency uncertain, but real food also provides a complex array of nutrients that work in a synergistic way.
—Lina Begdache, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
Zinc also has a synergistic relationship with vitamin D, acting as a cofactor for vitamin D functions and aids vitamin D to work inside human cells.
—Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Teamed with a whole host of other vitamins (for synergistic purposes), this product brightens the skin whilst protecting it.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Not only are supplements less strictly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration compared to prescription and over-the-counter drugs, making their potency uncertain, but real food also provides a complex array of nutrients that work in a synergistic way.
—Lina Begdache, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
Zinc also has a synergistic relationship with vitamin D, acting as a cofactor for vitamin D functions and aids vitamin D to work inside human cells.
—Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for synergistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synergistic
Adjective
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Moscow and Pyongyang inked a mutual defense pact last year.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Are your mutual needs being acknowledged and administered to after 90 days?—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
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The on-ball creation from LaVine, and the heliocentric offense being built around Jokic, would be a beautiful synergetic match from an on-court standpoint.—
Evan Sidery,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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In the case of a harp, all 36 strings are vibrating at the same time and producing this synergetic tonal event.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
11 Oct. 2024
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This meant finding complementary approaches to color — Daphne (Javicia Leslie) is a little bit more monochromatic, while Selena (Judy Reyes) has an overall more neutral look with a strong pop of lip color, as befits a boss.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2025
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Olympian Anna Hall joined her boyfriend in a complementary dress, styling an asymmetric number with a thigh-high slit in a bodycon silhouette.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
5 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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President Donald Trump’s plan to hit imports from foreign countries with sweeping reciprocal tariffs could nearly double U.S. inflation if fully imposed, a study said, intensifying a recent resurgence in consumer price increases.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Stocks got a boost Thursday after learning that President Donald Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs won’t take effect immediately.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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With the increasing diversity and international appeal of the Academy’s voting body, von Horn, like other directors whose film travel the world, tuned into his film’s universal appeal across language barriers.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Tyler held a universal curiosity for life’s adventures, meaning, and beyond.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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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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“Synergistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synergistic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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