Definition of correspondnext
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as in to write
to engage in an exchange of written messages old friends who have been corresponding for years

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Recent Examples of correspond Sometimes, recreational pastimes grow in popularity right alongside their corresponding fashion. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2026 Then, in 2013, the evolutionary paleobiologist Yurika Ujiié, now a professor at Kochi University in Japan, found that shell chirality in different foram species, collected from multiple oceans, did not correspond to temperature. Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026 The change’s size corresponded to the photon’s energy, which allowed the team to make highly precise measurements. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 The corresponding weather events triggered by the warmer ocean can have a varied and strong impact around the globe. Simmone Shah, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for correspond
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  • The album features 15 tracks, of which 13 are original tunes co-written by Munsick, heavily bent toward the American West and its native culture.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Feldstein was their foot soldier, working to get news stories written and noticed.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
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  • Playing Alice on the Apple TV+ series has also coincided with a formative stretch in Maxwell’s career.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The sharp price hikes have coincided with an escalation in the Iran war, including a recent drone attack on Saudi Arabia's critical East-West oil pipeline.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • As one of the three colorways that conformed with the NBA’s uniform regulations, the sneaker is rendered primarily in white.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • However, insects such as the fruit fly and plants such as the silverweed cinquefoil have also been shown to conform to Gloger’s rule.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Research on bilingualism has found differences in both the brain’s gray matter, which contains neurons and their connections, and white matter, which consists largely of nerve fibers linking different parts of the brain.
    Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • To maintain eligibility, households consisting entirely of full-time students may be required to provide documentation to their property manager demonstrating that at least one of the above exceptions is met.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Democratic and Republican voters agree that the American public should decide the future of AI development, not billionaires in Silicon Valley, according to new polling shared first with Semafor.
    Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Last month, Frasers agreed to purchase Harvey Nichols out of administration.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Correspond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspond. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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