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correlation

[kawr-uh-ley-shuhn, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr- /


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Morrison notes that gold and silver have held a strong negative correlation with the greenback since their February slump off all-time highs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Moyeen Islam, a Barclays fixed-income strategist, last week calculated the tight correlation between U.S. and U.K. 30-year yields since 2023.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

A spokesperson added: "There is a direct correlation between hospital handover delays and our ability to get to patients in the community quickly."

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

But worry not, even a viewer who doesn’t know who Blanchard is can surmise this correlation to the bigger picture thanks to Schoenbrun quite literally spelling it out for us.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

From the Coldwater site and another site, named Timberline, directly on the mountain, Johnston peered through a big, boxy instrument called a correlation spectrometer.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

It allows particles or systems to share correlations that cannot be explained by classical physics.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

It provides a unified—and somewhat badass—identity for a confusing set of weather correlations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But Mitchell wants you to make those correlations, too.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

That result is especially important because such correlations cannot be explained by classical physics and instead provide evidence that genuine quantum entanglement was produced.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

These correlations suggest strongly that regional population size or population density or population pressure has something to do with the formation of complex societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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