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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But for the most part, your brain gets used to it despite associating the aesthetic with chaos and momentum.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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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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Chicago police are asking for the public's help with identifying a teenage boy accused of shooting an innocent bystander in the Loop earlier this month.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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But removing the enabling without identifying a goal is just going to cause conflict.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Accessibility Despite the villa’s vertiginous surroundings, the elevators connecting the reception and the main villa ensure wheelchair access to the rooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the manufacturer’s speed limiter had been disabled by cutting the wire and connecting it to a key switch, allowing the rider to push the bike to 60 mph.—
Cierra Morgan
March 4,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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With no physical evidence linking Puckett to the crime scene, Sept was the only person who identified him as the assailant at trial, according to the suit.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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On the West Coast, Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Joy continue NCL’s growth in San Pedro with Mexican Riviera and Pacific Coastal sailings, plus seasonal repositionings linking Los Angeles with Vancouver or the Panama Canal.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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In relating her story this way, Gisèle is restoring to the record her waking life.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Morello himself serves as kind of a guide in the film, relating his own love of metal growing up as a Black kid in a conservative, ethnically homogeneous suburb of Chicago.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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