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as in to match
to be the exact counterpart of
the British chancellor of the exchequer corresponds to the U.S. secretary of the treasury
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as in to come (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect
"shut up" and "please be quiet" may correspond to each other in meaning, but please use the more polite phrase
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Thankfully, matching lounge sets are the perfect solution to this universal dilemma, and right now, Amazon just marked down fresh styles for spring—with savings up to 37 percent off.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
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The pair of Brooklyn North narcotics detectives involved in the clash thought the man matched the description of someone who had just made a drug sale, a police source said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The seed for this plotline parallels Ashley’s own concerns about childbearing in light of her cyst.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Correspond (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspond%20%28to%29. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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