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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The sheriff told the outlet investigators are getting closer to identifying some of the clothing worn by the suspect captured on Guthrie's doorbell camera and are awaiting more DNA analysis.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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The mayor advanced his efforts to ease these financial burdens by announcing that every city agency would be required to appoint a chief savings officer tasked with identifying savings within a 45-day window.—
Julie Samuels,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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There are 100 connecting and 51 accessible staterooms on board.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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As Comic Relief marks 40 years of harnessing laughter for good, and The Moth nears 30 years of connecting the world through the power of true personal stories — this show brings together storytellers who understand that humor can shift perspectives, build bridges, and inspire action.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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Bus rapid transit is debuting with the Rapid A line (linking downtown Atlanta to the Beltline Southside Trail) the same day as NextGen begins.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 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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