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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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My grip strength, which is viewed as a marker of overall health, also didn’t correlate, and the clinician started a thoughtful conversation: Was I fatigued?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Studies show ICJ judges’ decisions correlate with their home countries’ United Nations General Assembly votes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

The book was filled with complicated sentences explaining Henrietta’s cells by saying, “its atypical histology may correlate with the unusually malignant behavior of the carcinoma,” and something about the “correlate of the tumor’s singularity.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Their frequency correlates with increasing volumes of oil moving via the strait and dwindling Iranian control, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"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

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

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

This happens because electrons form correlated pairs called Cooper pairs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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

AQR Capital Management, the quant-driven investment firm, mapped how different assets and strategies are correlated to different economic environments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

So those factors are correlated, and that’s nice to know.

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

The “Wander” guide maps out the division of the space into four regions correlating to bodies of water: the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

My Pupils, when trained in Analysis and Synthesis, have no difficulty in correlating the Series just as they may find it.

From Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget by A. (Alphonse) Loisette


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