correspond (to)

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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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  • From sleek and silky cooling quilts to vintage-style sets complete with matching shams, these cooling bedding finds are ideal for every season and every budget.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Patriots announced after the game that Maye matched a feat by Tom Brady.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Malkovich's role, meanwhile, parallels the Hunger Games timeline depicted in the original book and film quartet, in which Snow was played by the late Donald Sutherland.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Boggs’s work on Baldwin, which began in the late 1990s with a campaign to revive the long out-of-print children’s novel, Little Man, Little Man, paralleled the return of Baldwin’s writing to prominence and his rise to the status of cultural icon.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Correspond (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspond%20%28to%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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