as in complementary
related to each other in such a way that one completes the other the correlative contributions that both teacher and student make to the learning process

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Recent Examples of correlative With the passage of each anti-LGBTQ+ bill last year in Oklahoma, there was a correlative spike in calls to the Rainbow Youth Project’s Oklahoma crisis center line. Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024 Because of the correlative nature of the study, the researchers can't make specific recommendations to dog owners to ensure better canine health. Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023 The holy grail for AI programmers is to move from correlative outcomes, which is essentially what all AI today does, to causative outcomes that in essence include intuition and cognitive insight. Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2018 Previous work on this fundamental concept was restricted to schematic baby representations or correlative approaches. Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2013 See All Example Sentences for correlative
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Adjective
  • The winners represent contrasting but complementary approaches to economics.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But Acocella shows that generosity and rigor are complementary critical tools, and that our own lives are richer for grappling with those of others.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The district would also need to create supplementary resources to help teachers incorporate AI into the classroom.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Under the deal’s first phase, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, the release of all surviving Israeli hostages held in Gaza and the reciprocal release of almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Following up on Brazil as the country of honor at this year’s Marché du Film in Cannes, the RioMarket organized a series of events as part of the France-Brazil Season 2025, celebrating 200 years of diplomatic relations with a reciprocal cultural exchange between the two countries.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The mutual respect is high, even more so after training together this past offseason.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • My relationship with my disease began as one of mutual contempt.
    David Soren, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Correlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlative. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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