How to Use mutual in a Sentence
- We had a mutual agreement not to tell our secret.
- Mutual love and respect was the key to their successful marriage.
- It was a mutual effort.
- The partnership was based on mutual admiration and understanding.
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The two were set up on a blind date by mutual friends.
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Cnn.com,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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There are too many such mutual aid groups to count.
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Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Their courtship began via a blind date set up by mutual friends.
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EW.com,
9 July 2024
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And with it, a likely need for mutual aid for some or many.
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Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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At some point, the video made its way to Swift through a mutual friend.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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There is a lot of mutual respect there.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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So there was just a lot of mutual respect and support on set.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 Dec. 2022
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The couple met through a mutual friend.
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Beth Sobol,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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There's a mutual respect and love there.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Our director reached out to me through a mutual friend and sent me the script.
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Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Way back in the day through our mutual friend, the great Bob Saget.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
15 June 2022
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Hopes for progress are pretty low, given a mutual lack of trust.
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David Meyer,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2022
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Canada has mutual aid agreements with many of them, but not all.
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Amanda Coletta,
Washington Post,
11 July 2023
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The pair met backstage at a show, then again at a mutual friend’s wedding.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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The pair could’ve bonded over their mutual love of guns and clever getaway plans.
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Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The two form a bond to ensure their mutual survival.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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That respect is more than mutual.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The two have a mutual respect for each other.
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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There’s a lot of mutual mistrust.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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The hip-hop star then had a mutual connection reach out to her on his behalf.
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Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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This will be a long road with lots of space for continued mutual aid and support.
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Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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That friendship, which came from years of mutual respect, helped calm the nerves when things got tough.
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Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The act and the desire for it should be mutual rather than a performance.
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Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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Carrie and Mike first met on a blind date arranged by a mutual friend.
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Kayla Keegan,
Good Housekeeping,
20 May 2022
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That lawsuit has since been paused by mutual agreement.
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Ryan MacAsero,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The pair happened to have a mutual friend in the group who introduced them.
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Caitlyn Hitt,
PEOPLE.com,
28 June 2022
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The ones organized as mutuals have no sales loads.
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William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Only mutuals know of any conflict because snark and jokes are shared between them on WhatsApp.
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Scott Bryan,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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The networking event or random mutual could unexpectedly lead to something exciting.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Wrestling under the name Jackson Hole, this ‘heel’ also happened to be a decade-long Tumblr mutual of mine, and where better to meet IRL for the first time than at T-Boy Wrestling?
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James Factora,
Them.,
13 Aug. 2025
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Travelers, Berkshire Hathaway’s Geico, Root and Chubb compete with State Farm and USAA and other mutuals, where customers are also shareholders.
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Contessa Brewer,dawn Giel,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
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