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

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Playing more matches does not always correlate with a lower league finish.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

He put this partially down to the first two weeks of the period tending to correlate with Wall Street two-year projections – which are biased lower.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The token deals available to founders “directly correlate to the scale you can grow your product,” said Ibarra, co-founder of Dialogus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Then correlate with math by switching to numbers.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"We found pronounced development in the upper limbs of these individuals, which correlates to repetitive, high-intensity actions like pulling a bowstring or stabilizing a weapon, proving these activities were habitual throughout their lives," explained Hashesh.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

And satellite size often correlates with satellite capability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Further research also is needed on a bigger sample size to see how the study correlates to a broad population.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026

The only element that correlates the room with the picture on the tag is the ceiling.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

In past decades, higher oil prices weren’t closely correlated with rising inflation in other parts of the economy, according to new research from Federal Reserve economists published this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

A contracting ratio suggests the market will likely become more correlated over time, meaning individual stocks within the S&P 500 are starting to move in the same direction.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

The Taiwan fund alluded to AI concentration vulnerability on Friday, saying that the island’s economic fundamentals remain sound but that the market is dominated by high-tech stocks and closely correlated with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Unlike in much of the U.S., wealth and A/C in those places were not strongly correlated, since the ocean moderated summer temperatures and A/C did not seem necessary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

A high socioeconomic status is strongly correlated to higher test scores, which seems sensible.

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

Those who received the vaccine displayed what Geldsetzer described as “large preventive effects,” correlating to a 20 percent reduction in dementia diagnoses.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

He searched through his own subjective thought processes, analyzing, checking and correlating them.

From Suite Mentale by Ed Emshwiller


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