correlating

verb

present participle of correlate
as in associating
to think of (something) in combination a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work

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Recent Examples of correlating Another study observed children as young as ten months old correlating larger physical statures with dominance. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026 By correlating vulnerabilities into potential attack paths, teams can prioritize issues that could realistically lead to privilege escalation, lateral movement, or data access—rather than treating all findings equally. — William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026 By correlating these dimensions, leaders gain a holistic view of cost drivers and value creation. — Hakan Ekmen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Clearly, something correlating with a generational change is shaping this disease. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026 By correlating this economic power with global viewership trends, NNAF will validate the thesis that African content is not just culturally significant, but a commercially viable sector ready for institutional scale. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026 Some of the connections are easy to spot, like designers leaning into richer, more saturated color palettes correlating with jewelry acting less as a neutral accent and more as a visual counterpoint. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026 Suicides, for insance, are statistically rare, so correlating them with other trends is notoriously difficult. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025 I’t’s correlating to an appetite for audiences to want to talk about it. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correlating
  1. associating
  2. identifying
  3. connecting
  4. linking
  5. relating
Verb
  • The rest of the party is mostly silent, forever associating itself with a movement that’s intent on destroying the centrist parts of the Democratic Party.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, the connection between hair shedding and ferritin is well documented, with studies associating low ferritin levels with telogen effluvium, a form of temporary hair loss.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 15 July 2026
Definition of associating
Verb
  • Many organizations devote enormous effort to identifying the right successor while overlooking the institution that successor will inherit.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities have not released the victim's name or any other identifying information.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifying
Verb
  • In 2019, inspections were ordered for some Boeing 737-700, 737-800, and 737-900 after some planes were found to have cracks in the component connecting the plane’s fuselage to the wings.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Engineers fill the primary cooling loop, including the reactor pressure vessel, pressurizer, and connecting pipes, with ultra-pure demineralized water.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of connecting
Verb
  • While social media speculation often resurfaces during major celestial events, researchers found no evidence linking the eclipse to natural seismic activity.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The town closest to the earthquake’s epicenter, San Jose del Palmar, has no airport, and is located on top of a mountain ridge along a highway linking the cities of Cali and Pereira.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of linking
Verb
  • Relationship science draws a useful line here between two ways of relating.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Presenting one idea, and then relating it back to something political.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 July 2026
Definition of relating

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