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Recent Examples of mutual Firefighters received mutual aid from several area fire departments. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025 Why Inclusive Empathy Matters Just as healthy ecosystems thrive through balance and mutual support, leaders who apply empathy broadly foster healthier, more sustainable environments. Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Glancing at someone in a public place is always permissible; there’s often a fleeting moment of mutual acknowledgment — perhaps a slight nod or smile — before both parties look away. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Open arms By Saturday, the mutual aid hub and surrounding street corners within the Altadena evac zone were transformed once more. Mel Buer, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mutual 
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Adjective
  • There is a moment, roughly a quarter of the way through Brady Corbet’s period epic The Brutalist, when the audience in your theater may be prone to a collective gasp.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The obstacles are systemic and significant, but so is our collective determination.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite lacking formal defense commitments or previous joint operational experience, Moscow and Tehran developed comprehensive frameworks for military and diplomatic coordination, beginning with Russia’s military involvement in Syria in the fall of 2015.
    Nicole Grajewski, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Lina Khan, the FTC chair under former President Joe Biden, talked about junk fees at a July event in Denver with Attorney General Phil Weiser, who later filed a joint lawsuit with the agency against a large landlord accused of improperly charging its Colorado tenants.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Long, communal tables have been swapped out for two- and four-tops, and a back garden is currently off-limits while being renovated.
    Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Aquarius teaches us about community and friendship by showing us which friends support our individuality while offering the incredible, ineffable experience of losing ourselves in something greater and more communal.
    Colin Bedell, Them, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Mutual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutual. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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