correlating

present participle of correlate
as in associating
to think of (something) in combination a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work

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Recent Examples of correlating Charges say the video shows Buckney renting a shooting lane at the gun shop under his name and correlating with a customer account number. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 What does Open Command do and not do in terms of correlating with pitcher quality statistics? — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Organizations need security operations capable of correlating multiple attack vectors, responding at machine speed and continuously learning from attacks occurring far beyond the walls of any single enterprise. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Another study observed children as young as ten months old correlating larger physical statures with dominance. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026 By correlating vulnerabilities into potential attack paths, teams can prioritize issues that could realistically lead to privilege escalation, lateral movement, or data access—rather than treating all findings equally. — William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Clearly, something correlating with a generational change is shaping this disease. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026 By correlating this economic power with global viewership trends, NNAF will validate the thesis that African content is not just culturally significant, but a commercially viable sector ready for institutional scale. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026 Some of the connections are easy to spot, like designers leaning into richer, more saturated color palettes correlating with jewelry acting less as a neutral accent and more as a visual counterpoint. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correlating
Verb
  • Moments after sitting down at an outdoor table, Oppenheim breathes in the ocean air and starts cheerfully free-associating.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • These immediate, positive reinforcements can help the brain begin associating the healthier behavior with something rewarding.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After Saturday’s tragedy, someone sent him the picture identifying Goulding as one of those killed.
    — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As tasks like writing code, identifying bugs, or writing emails get automated away by AI, employees at Anthropic have now found that the big picture tasks are increasingly what count.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The initiative will also offer mentorship and hands-on exposure to careers in stagecraft, design and production for Y members from ages 16 to 24, and talk-backs connecting live theater to the Y’s civic leadership programs.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • AngelAi is being positioned to take the interaction further, connecting the conversation to calculations, decisions, applications, and transactions.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The leaders of Somalia, Egypt and Eritrea pledged regional security cooperation in October 2024, linking Somalia’s sovereignty concerns, Eritrea’s fears over its ports and Egypt’s dispute with Ethiopia over Nile waters.
    — KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As France's fiery student protests merged with a nationwide revolt on Saturday, a communist leader and academic, Vijay Prashad, celebrated the unrest with a message linking protests across three continents.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Conflict with Indigenous peoples on the Maine frontier had sent traumatized refugees into the region, relating horror stories of attacks on their homes.
    — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Vollmann was also pessimistic, relating that feeling comes from more than America’s current political issues, but also from the world’s environmental problems.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Correlating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlating. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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