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
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.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
These digital twins operate as autonomous agents capable of validating issues, correlating signals, applying fixes and escalating to humans only when needed, compressing resolution times while improving service quality.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 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
Suicides, for insance, are statistically rare, so correlating them with other trends is notoriously difficult.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Since the drugs have come on the market, declines in obesity rates have been higher among those between ages 40 and 64, correlating with a higher reliance on GLP-1 medications for that age group.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
I’t’s correlating to an appetite for audiences to want to talk about it.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
However, sometimes, the right play happens for the correlating gossip.
—Charlotte Wilder, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Clennon reprised the role nearly a decade later on Once and Again, marking the rare appearance of the same character on two series that are not spinoffs or directly correlating properties.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
These digital twins operate as autonomous agents capable of validating issues, correlating signals, applying fixes and escalating to humans only when needed, compressing resolution times while improving service quality.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 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
Suicides, for insance, are statistically rare, so correlating them with other trends is notoriously difficult.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Since the drugs have come on the market, declines in obesity rates have been higher among those between ages 40 and 64, correlating with a higher reliance on GLP-1 medications for that age group.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
I’t’s correlating to an appetite for audiences to want to talk about it.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
However, sometimes, the right play happens for the correlating gossip.
—Charlotte Wilder, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Clennon reprised the role nearly a decade later on Once and Again, marking the rare appearance of the same character on two series that are not spinoffs or directly correlating properties.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correlating
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This rhetoric is employed to justify the state taking life, by associating the dead with national villainy.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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This result is likely because of stereotypes associating Asian American students with higher GPAs and Black students with lower GPAs.—
Kenji Yoshino,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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The announcement by Mohsin Naqvi came a day after a regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, identifying itself as Islamic State in Pakistan, claimed responsibility in a statement carried by its Amaq News Agency.—
MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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The mistake people outside the fungi community or beginners make when identifying mushrooms is solely relying on social media, a field guide or an app like iNaturalist, said Bob Cummings, a leading mycology expert in Santa Barbara.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The program will focus on career exploration and work-based learning for students across three school districts, connecting classrooms with local employers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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Very social by nature, Marie enjoys connecting with others and forms strong bonds with both peers and adults when a genuine connection is made.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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But its function is political, linking that criminal activity to the aims and methods of political terror.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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How CoQ10 Could Support Blood Sugar Support Again, there’s no solid evidence linking CoQ10 to meaningful blood sugar support.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
10 Feb. 2026
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The collision of opposing perspectives forges art that challenges and confronts, that forces us out of familiar ways of thinking, relating and being.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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Feeling withdrawn from relating?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Correlating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlating. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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