correlative
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“What I tell people is that these studies are correlative, not causative,” says Weiss.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2024
To confirm that these glycan-associated disruptions were causal rather than merely correlative, the research team engineered HIV-specific antibodies designed to exhibit the same kind of aberrant IgG glycan modifications observed in PLWH.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
Swan added, "Separating the causal from the correlative is extremely difficult, as you know!"
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
Anderson, himself something of a master of counterintuitive alternatives, gives this idea its own fascinating cinematic correlative.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
He pointed out that, far from our being made in the image of God, we make our gods in our own image: ‘we forge for ourselves the attributes of God, taking ourselves as the correlative.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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