correlates

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Meanwhile, the slight dip in unemployment correlates with a decline in labor-force participation.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

If time is money, and money is power, then who these characters spend their time with directly correlates to how wealthy and financially secure they can become.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch said "addictive" social media apps "correlates quite strongly" with a rise in mental health problems among young people.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

“This rise in popularity correlates with increasing secularism and nationalism.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

In fact, any health practice, such as milk drinking, which correlates positively with longevity will probably do the same with cancer incidence.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos