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[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

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

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

The vertical integration of the lighting, the merch, how those imagistic components correlate to the music.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Then correlate with math by switching to numbers.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"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

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

George, whose team was created last year, said Microsoft has found frequent AI use correlates to success in divisions such as sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 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

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

That connection could make the signals especially useful for investigating strongly correlated systems, where the behavior of the material emerges from interactions among many particles rather than from individual particles acting on their own.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

As you can see, the three series are very closely correlated.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 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

He found that the only tests correlating closely with ability in the practical work were those for memory span, tactile and muscular sensibility, sustained attention, and equality of strength in the two hands.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Harry L. Hollingworth




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