as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
the accountants noticed a linkage between the two supposedly independent companies
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Recent Examples of linkage
Even Alejandro’s previous album wasn’t spared a similar linkage, despite being released two whole months before Benito’s magnum opus.
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Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
South Australia’s data linkage demonstration projects prove that residential flexibility can scale.
—Alvaro Rozo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Environmental groups warn that further delays to reauthorization would get California further off-track with its climate goals, and endanger ‘linkages’ with other domestic and international cap-and-trade programs.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Pynchon’s Orphic characters are often detectives who are tuned to the right the spiritual right frequency, discovering clues and linkages of the system without ever beholding the entire totality.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
South Australia’s data linkage demonstration projects prove that residential flexibility can scale.
—Alvaro Rozo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Environmental groups warn that further delays to reauthorization would get California further off-track with its climate goals, and endanger ‘linkages’ with other domestic and international cap-and-trade programs.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Pynchon’s Orphic characters are often detectives who are tuned to the right the spiritual right frequency, discovering clues and linkages of the system without ever beholding the entire totality.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linkage
Noun
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Elsewhere in the podcast, Shallow discusses her penchant for using femininity and flirtation as reality TV weapons, and how that nickname cast a shadow on her real-life relationships.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Muriel’s From American Horror Story to Disney’s Princess and the Frog, New Orleans’s relationship with the otherworldly has been well documented on film and television.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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Impressing after a miserable spell in the Premier League, the Brazilian winger may well find kinship on the opposing flank Saturday.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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If, as Lloyd Matthews has argued, America’s founding ideals of liberty are intimately linked to Julius Caesar, that connection should remind us that such liberty requires due process to function properly.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Shannon was working the former Hinas and Alex hard — trying to make individual connections with each of them.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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It is not accredited by any major zoo or sanctuary associations, which is voluntary and comes with stricter welfare and conservation standards.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The association hosted its annual media day on Thursday afternoon, where executive director Bob Baldwin and Jim Clark, assistant director of communications, spoke about the state of the association and changes that will be coming for student athletes, coaches and fans in the upcoming seasons.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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More generally, Europeans' personal happiness levels have seemingly gravitated away from church and children, the traditional sources of meaning, and toward a discomfiting positive correlation with the size of a nation's welfare state.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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There’s no hard data on the correlation between Pavia’s rise and Vandy football’s upward trajectory, but the vibes are hard to miss.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Linkage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linkage. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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