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correlate

[kawr-uh-layt, kor-, kawr-uh-lit, -layt, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˌleɪt, ˈkɒr-, ˈkɔr ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈkɒr- /


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Studies also suggest that not everyone gets hang-xiety, and the level of anxiety does not neatly correlate with how much you drink the night before.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

It could correlate that way, but there’s no overarching purposeful use of it.”

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

The Pentagon list of publicly acknowledged boat strikes doesn’t closely correlate with the dates or details of the sinkings of the Ecuadorean boats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

“What we really correlate with wage growth is how employment is in that sector,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

They can correlate the samples with their locations later.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Their frequency correlates with increasing volumes of oil moving via the strait and dwindling Iranian control, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"We are interested in testing whether the butyrate-Sat1-N1-acetylspermidine pathway is altered in human IECs and whether it correlates with immune regulation or disease activity."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026

That correlates with the theory that higher participation rates draw in struggling workers who would otherwise not have saved at all, and then have to take money out when they have shocks.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 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

Also periods when volatility is extremely low and markets are highly correlated, like the conditions that prevailed during the long zero-interest rates era of the 2010s, can pose problems for this kind of investing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Regular-season success isn’t directly correlated with postseason performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Bond yields and crude prices have been unusually correlated of late, with higher crude prices pushing yields higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In a prototype device, the researchers used a shared source of correlated light particles to entangle two separated qubits, experimentally realizing an idea that had remained theoretical for more than two decades.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

But higher test scores are correlated with many other factors as well.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

That metric’s rise was a strong signal to buy TJX in the prepandemic era, correlating with its rise to dominance in off-price.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

I reached similar results when correlating the total market value of each year’s IPOs and the stock market’s subsequent 10-year return, as you can see in the chart above.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Mr. Stob, a professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University, points out that “the idea of correlating outward appearance with interior mental abilities had been around for millennia.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

“There’s no pathogenic bacteria correlating us to anybody,” said McAfee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026

Enthusiasts have made the study of nature the basis of all school work, the correlating force in all studies.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester


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