Exclusive
Exclusive adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.
Usage example: residents of the apartment complex have exclusive use of the pool
Mutual
Mutual adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.
Usage example: every film is a mutual effort by the director, writer, actors, and a host of others
Both words in one sentence
- Bella, from the Twilight fanfic Luminosity, deduces that attraction between two vampires is always symmetrical, mutual and exclusive because vampirism has the odd quirk of conferring the hallmarks of romantic fiction to anyone afflicted by it.
Source: Thinks Like a Romance Novel -
Big Bad Duumvirate: Thrawn and C'baoth have largely exclusive plans for the galaxy, but work together for mutual convenience.
Source: Literature / The Thrawn Trilogy
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