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correlate

[kawr-uh-leyt, kor-, kawr-uh-lit, -leyt, 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

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

Kendall says problems with heat "directly correlate with when pupils are expected to be at their peak with exams".

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

DBS economists said producer prices likely rose on the back of higher raw-material costs, which tend to correlate closely with oil prices that have surged amid the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

They can correlate the samples with their locations later.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"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

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

“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

Yields have also been closely correlated in recent weeks to oil prices, reflecting worries that higher energy costs could feed into broader inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Historically, lofty long-term growth expectations have been a bearish setup, negatively correlated with future equity returns,” agrees Savita Subramanian, the head of U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Even before ChatGPT heralded the beginning of the AI boom, Chinese policy documents were "talking about the idea that computing power is correlated with national power", said Stokols.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The study relayed some surprising numbers: Even delays of five to 10 minutes in responding to a potential employer correlated with about a 30% reduction in Fiverr users’ chances of getting the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

At issue was how highly correlated the prices of various subprime mortgage bonds inside a CDO might be.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

Reality TV is a young form of entertainment compared to film and pulp literature, each of which shows correlating phenomena in history.

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

Furthermore, the subject is capable of correlating everything.

From Last Resort by George Luther Schelling




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