as in supplements
something that serves to complete or make up for a deficiency in something else
the often uneasy relationship between the employer and his correlate, the employee
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as in associates
to think of (something) in combination
a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work
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Recent Examples of correlates
Jennifer Moss, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
The Smart Grinder Pro doses by time, and selecting a set number of cups correlates with a preset amount of grinding time.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Studies have shown that being vaccinated against shingles correlates with lower dementia rates.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2025
According to Gallup, employee engagement correlates strongly with positive perceptions of leadership and management.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Children may also develop a small head size, which correlates to neurological and psychological issues later in life, according to DeRoo.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Clearly, this correlates nearly with the birth rate exploding; 16 players born in 1948 represented England, including Ray Clemence and Trevor Brooking, the highest figure for any single year since 1901.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Studies have shown that winning the lottery can bring a measure of happiness that often correlates with levels of satisfaction that also come with financial stability.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
This correlates to declining fertility rates which have fallen precipitously in recent years — the UK just reported its lowest on record.
—Jennifer Moss, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
The Smart Grinder Pro doses by time, and selecting a set number of cups correlates with a preset amount of grinding time.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Studies have shown that being vaccinated against shingles correlates with lower dementia rates.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2025
According to Gallup, employee engagement correlates strongly with positive perceptions of leadership and management.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Children may also develop a small head size, which correlates to neurological and psychological issues later in life, according to DeRoo.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Clearly, this correlates nearly with the birth rate exploding; 16 players born in 1948 represented England, including Ray Clemence and Trevor Brooking, the highest figure for any single year since 1901.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Studies have shown that winning the lottery can bring a measure of happiness that often correlates with levels of satisfaction that also come with financial stability.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correlates
Noun
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The side effects can be caused by taking iron supplements on an empty stomach.—
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
26 Sep. 2025
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Taking some supplements on an empty stomach may increase your risk of nausea.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Create Low-Stakes Opportunities for Visibility Gen Z often associates visibility with exposure to criticism.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Especially given the fact that the latter only associates itself with organic style stars, not limited to Solange and Beyoncé.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Every day, fresh complements of searchers arrived from SAR teams across the state, joining professional guides, ski patrollers, and locals with experience in the alpine.—
Ted Katauskas,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
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But their most prominent indexes are complements to the S&P 500, rather than competitors.—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Far from a faithful rendering of Pynchon’s text, One Battle After Another identifies the most cinematic and emotional veins of Vineland’s network of narrative and, true to Anderson’s word, runs like a thief.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The computer identifies targets and instructs the motors to adjust the hand and wrist in real time.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What Alejandro does, though, is mine that thread that connects all of these places — over their history and through its people — for what amounts to a pan-Caribbean artistic expression.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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Wyandotte Street, which connects to 31st Street to the south, is slightly flatter.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The result is a myth that equates freedom with consumption, while obscuring the vast social, ecological, and economic costs imposed on everyone else.—
Henrietta Moore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Dunne captures all of that in the title track, a bouncy, bittersweet singalong that equates success with a baked seafood dish.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But, as the book relates, his love of Black music from his home town and elsewhere pulled him through.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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These charts show how employment over time compares among early career, developing, and senior workers (all occupations).—
Gwendolyn Rak,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Sep. 2025
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This line chart compares kindergarten vaccination exemption rates for Mohave County, Arizona and Washington County, Utah, from 2014 to 2024.—
Mustafa Fattah,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Correlates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlates. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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