correlate
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An analysis by online-review platform Trustpilot found that mentions of returns correlate to a drop of roughly 1.6 stars in its 1-to-5 star rating range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
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
They can correlate the samples with their locations later.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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"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
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
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
The only element that correlates the room with the picture on the tag is the ceiling.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
According to their model, electrons first become correlated through interactions with the metal's underlying lattice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Some are concerned that stocks and bonds have both become too tied to artificial intelligence firms, raising the risk that their movements will remain correlated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Regular-season success isn’t directly correlated with postseason performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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
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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
Miller’s view is up close and personal, providing the reader with private antidotes while examining her poems and correlating them to geopolitical issues.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
The metamorphic cycle becomes a logical and convenient geologic basis for correlating, interpreting, and classifying mineral products.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
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