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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 The electrons can flow quickly or slowly, or not at all, and each option corresponds to a different collective wave function. Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025 In nonfiction, details or dialogue that do not verifiably correspond to a subject’s experience risk obscuring or distorting deeper truths. Aidan Ryan june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Many voters carried cheat sheets listing numbers corresponding to preferred candidates. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025 The photograph corresponds, complements, or even dissolves the sculptural object’s manual and artisanal production procedures, functioning not as document but as its dialectical technological counterpart. Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for correspond
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  • Dominguez also wrote lyrics with knife imagery and bought a combat knife online prior to the attacks, the prosecutor said.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
  • This culture meant that, rather than wait for Grant’s order to take effect, Jewish Washingtonians had no hesitancy about requesting meetings with the president, writing to their representatives, or trying to educate Grant to prevent any repeat of the order.
    Time, Time, 3 June 2025
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  • Ocean with David Attenborough premieres June 7 on National Geographic and begins streaming June 8 on Hulu and Disney+, coinciding with World Oceans Day.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Fit and fabric ensured comfort and style, coinciding with the brand’s attention to detail.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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  • In Feeding Ghosts, the disconnect between Sun Yi’s training and instincts as a journalist, and the requirements of the increasingly totalitarian Communist regime to make reality conform to their narrative, literally drove her insane.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • In ruling in favor of Harris, Contreras said the statutory protections for board members from being removed without cause conform with the Constitution in light of a 1935 Supreme Court precedent in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
    John Kruzel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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  • In the polls, men and women agreed about what constituted harassment.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Voices Hiltzik: Trump and Vance are dead wrong — economists unanimously agree that U.S. tariffs are a tax on American consumers Sept. 4, 2024 Trump’s tariff orders betray the same inattention to detail.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
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  • Then, scroll down for more beach essentials at Amazon, all of which will fit perfectly into your new wagon.
    Izzy Baskette, People.com, 2 June 2025
  • The most likely fits Carolina Hurricanes No contending team will have a bigger need for a star offensive player and as much cap space as the Hurricanes, who figure to be aggressive this July 1 given another disappointing exit.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 2 June 2025

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“Correspond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspond. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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