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Definition of correlatednext

correlated

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verb

past tense of correlate
as in identified
to think of (something) in combination a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work

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Recent Examples of correlated
Verb
Meanwhile, on Facebook, posting behavior is correlated on both sides of the partisan divide and has more to do with how active the most partisan users are, prompting casual users to disengage so that those louder voices dominate, making the platform narrower and more ideologically extreme. ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026 More passive use of social media is correlated with more depression and anxiety, Greenberg said. CNN Money, 6 May 2026 Nike’s recent Kobe All-Star reissues have correlated with the city hosting each year’s respective event. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 6 May 2026 After every race, his team analyzes a litany of granular data points, including which skis performed best on what kind of snow and which garments correlated with faster results. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 2 May 2026 But each electron’s behavior is highly, highly correlated with how its neighbors behave. Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026 The idea is that this process can help reduce the prevalence of conditions correlated with low calcium intake, including rickets in children and preeclampsia in pregnant women. Anthea Levi, Health, 28 Apr. 2026 These stressors seem to be more closely correlated with rising depression and suicide concerns than social media use. Jennifer Huddleston, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026 Savings rates also tend to be correlated with changes in the target federal funds rate. Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correlated
Adjective
  • And other patients may well have better options through commercial drug discount programs, which offer far more products, or through their insurance and associated drug company copayment cards.
    Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
  • An associated entity was originally understood as a booster group or NIL collective, but its technical meaning under the language of the settlement extends further.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The Kansas Highway Patrol identified a Leavenworth woman as the person killed in a single-vehicle crash in Johnson County Tuesday afternoon.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
  • According to Altizer, nothing was found during those searches, and without a specific location identified in the Willow Creek area, law enforcement has yet to conduct a thorough ground search there.
    Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • And never log into any Google account through a linked or popup sign-in prompt.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • No one can peer at their respective architectures, weights (the various connection strengths among linked neurons), or activations (what numbers are being calculated given the inputs and weights while the models are running) without the company granting special access.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • China’s decision to suspend exports of a wide range of rare earths and related magnets, and its ban on semiconductors from Nexperia China, upended supply chains central to global automakers, with political and economic consequences across Europe, Japan, and South Korea.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 May 2026
  • At least nine Eastern Shore residents were indicted Friday in Anne Arundel Circuit Court on Medicaid fraud, conspiracy and related charges.
    Brendan Nordstrom, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • The California Privacy Protection Agency in 2023 started investigating the privacy practices of connected cars.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Nurses tend to stay connected across those points, even when everything else changes around them.
    Felysha Walker May 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • Shifting gears confidently into the second half of the season, this week’s episode has a more cohesive feel than the show has been able to manage so far, turning a series of interrelated crises into a Magnolia-esque montage of desperation from most of the major characters.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 3 May 2026
  • The result of Murakami’s thinking about the cyclical, interrelated influence of art upon itself in different historical eras, spanning east to west and back again, can be seen on the white walls at Perrotin.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The now 27-year-old joined fellow La Liga side Elche on loan for the rest of the season in late August but has not been able to establish himself as first-choice there.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The rising senior joined teammate Giacomo Sanfilippo, a linebacker, as the first three commitments from the Orlando area’s 2027 class.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Correlated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlated. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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