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symbiotic

[sim-bee-ot-ik, -bahy-] / ˌsɪm biˈɒt ɪk, -baɪ- /


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The brewery created the craft ale in partnership with The Assembly, which also is ProPublica’s journalistic partner in this private school endeavor, so it all felt very symbiotic.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Coral is made up of tiny individual animals called polyps, which maintain a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae that live within their tissues.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Kombucha is made when a SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, ferments sweetened tea.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

The nutrients they need to grow are provided by symbiotic zooxanthellae.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

If my organelles are really symbiotic bacteria, colonizing me, what’s to prevent them from catching a virus, or if they have such a thing as lysogeny, from conveying a phage to other organelles?

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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