Mutual and Public

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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

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Public is a synonym for mutual in property topic. In some cases you can use "Public" instead an adjective "Mutual", when it comes to topics like group, society, common, communal.

Nearby Words: mutually, mutuality, mutualism

Public adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.

Usage example: public transportation

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Mutual is a synonym for public in group topic. You can use "Mutual" instead an adjective "Public", if it concerns topics such as common, community, communal.

Also an example of Hollywood Law, since Common Law Marriage requires both parties to have a public declaration of their mutual intent to be married in order to be valid.

Source: Accidental Marriage
While Beckham shrugged it off as one of those things - at least in public - he left the club soon afterwards "by mutual consent".

Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty
Character Development: Louie learns to be less of a pushy "tough guy," and not to be so insecure in his masculinity, allowing female figures in his life like his mutual crush Cecelia and his mother to show affection to him in public.

Source: Western Animation / We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

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