as in similar
having qualities in common
solving a crime and diagnosing a disease are corresponding tasks: they both require a meticulous search for clues
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as in writing
to engage in an exchange of written messages
old friends who have been corresponding for years
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as in coinciding
to be in agreement on every point
the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests
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Recent Examples of corresponding
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
The state would first submit to the USPS a list of voters who are submitting mail-in ballots for that election, along with each voter’s corresponding personalized barcode on their ballots.
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Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Members grow and develop as time goes on, with most tales corresponding to a life lesson or coming-of-age experience.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
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Adjective
Jasson Domínguez, in the midst of a rehab assignment for an AC joint sprain, was activated in a corresponding move.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
The state would first submit to the USPS a list of voters who are submitting mail-in ballots for that election, along with each voter’s corresponding personalized barcode on their ballots.
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Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
Verb
In a corresponding move, the Dodgers recalled right-hander Chayce McDermott.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Members grow and develop as time goes on, with most tales corresponding to a life lesson or coming-of-age experience.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
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As a result, many working-class Korean and Latino immigrant households lived side by side and often confronted similar challenges, including substandard housing conditions, landlord abuses and underfunded public schools.
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Curaçao’s next opponent, Ecuador, faced a similar loss, falling short to Cote D’Ivoire in its first World Cup match.
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Claude for Life Sciences outperforms human expert baselines on a range of complex life sciences tasks including understanding, manipulating and writing laboratory experiment protocols.
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Phaedra Trethan is a national correspondent for USA TODAY, writing about history and Americana.
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The campus will open to the public on Friday, coinciding with the Juneteenth holiday.
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The campus formally opens to the public on June 19, coinciding with Juneteenth.
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Ali, who has been the series’ resident mentor, father figure, listening ear, voice of reason and confidant, transforms into what is most analogous to an action hero in a revenge plot.
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The force-carrying particles have an analogous distinction, known as a polarization state.
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The Pride in Production initiative from Pink Triangle Press has key industry backing and aims to drive more acceptance for Two spirit, trans, non-binary and gender non conforming people working in Canada’s screen sectors.
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Only the third-ever executive producer of the long-running program, Owens shared that the secret to the show’s success was in its resistance to conforming.
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While RVing can save money on food, the total cost can be comparable to other road trips.
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Developed in partnership with the University of Bremen, the wheels were originally heavier and narrower than comparable conventional pneumatic wheels.
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The meet continues Thursday, a day consisting largely of women’s preliminaries, followed by men’s finals Friday and women’s finals Saturday.
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Existing commercial solar panels are also physically bulky systems consisting not just of photovoltaic materials but also of thick protective glass, encapsulation layers, metallic contacts, mounting hardware, and structural framing.
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Venezuelan authorities typically activate emergency assessment and response protocols following major seismic events, including inspections of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, bridges, highways and electrical systems.
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The bill is intended to get Cal Fire’s pay within 15% of benchmark local fire departments such as Los Angeles, Fresno and San Francisco.
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“Corresponding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corresponding. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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