Definition of correspondingnext

corresponding

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verb

present participle of correspond

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of corresponding
Adjective
So, effectively, the manual and sequential can operate as automatic transmissions when in the corresponding mode. Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026 The site exploded in popularity at the height of the Covid pandemic and the corresponding economic recession, growing from 20 million to 120 million users. Marlow Stern, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
There’s also the corresponding MLB Little League Classic at Williamsport’s Historic Bowman Field. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Of the eight school climate dimensions included in our analysis, connectedness was the strongest predictor, corresponding to nearly a 3 percentage point reduction in chronic absenteeism. Jerome A. Graham, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for corresponding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corresponding
Adjective
  • Side effects were similar to other vaccines that people typically get for other diseases, Healy noted.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Both would likely keep Ukraine moving in a similar direction.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But Democrats, like Senator Richard Blumenthal, writing to Secretary Hegseth and Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, demanding answers about the conditions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Just three years ago, Katie Husher was writing software to control autonomous vehicles at Cruise in San Francisco.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • These figures indicate no sudden break coinciding with the arrival of the iPhone, but a long, steady decline.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In 2025, medical centers reported a surge in cases with COVID-like symptoms between early August and throughout September, coinciding with students’ return to school.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Astronomers are finding that in between the brightest stars, the 'tallest skyscrapers' in the above analogy, there are much fainter stars analogous to smaller buildings.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • War weariness on the rise Ukrainian experts say the logic of hitting largely consumer targets is in part retribution for analogous Russian attacks, and that disrupted supply chains affect the military as well.
    Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Joby has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of type certification.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Tempur-Pedic’s proprietary material is a body-conforming foam the brand uses for their popular mattresses, toppers, and pillows.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Target is emerging from more than a year of weak or declining comparable sales.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Putting all those aspects together, the country most comparable to Russia, both historically and in the contemporary moment, is not Turkey or Iran but the United States.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • South Sudan’s population, consisting predominantly of people from African cultures that tend to adhere to Christian or animist beliefs, and Sudan’s largely Muslim and Arab northern government had long been at odds.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Brickies have 14 seniors and could potentially field a starting lineup consisting exclusively of players from that class.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Attorneys with Howard Cooper, Todd & Weld, the law firm representing Patrick Clancy, are calling statements like that patently false and defamatory, warning of the real-life consequences making such claims can have.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Bonta’s office, however, has argued that such behavioral remedies have proven impossible to enforce in the past.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Corresponding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corresponding. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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