How to Use correlation in a Sentence

correlation

noun

• She says that there's no correlation between being thin and being happy.
• Researchers have found a direct correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
• That has helped weaken the historic correlation between bond yields and gold prices.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
• How comfortable one feels in a public space has a direct correlation with how much one engages with civic life.
  — Carly Olson, ELLE Decor, 13 June 2022
• The more accurate correlation involved points in the paint.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
• In the other case, learning how to skip was a direct correlation to be consistently hitting a golf ball.
  — Men's Health, 12 July 2022
• Historic analysis finds that the art market does have some correlation to the stock market, but there tends to be a six to 18 month lag.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 June 2022
• While the correlation between income and voting is well-established, the size of that gap surprised researchers, Kousser said.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
• Dew points offer quantitative correlation with our sense of stickiness and discomfort.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 June 2022
• The correlation between the Nasdaq 100 and Bitcoin was recently near all-time highs.
  — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 15 June 2022
• The one-degree scale correlation in the CMB intensity thus corresponds to the angular size of the sound horizon at that time.
  — Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• Early studies indicate that this correlation exists, but so far such studies have mostly avoided the voids and have focused instead on the brighter regions full of galaxies and clusters.
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 8 June 2022
• But the study didn’t find a correlation between the depth of the basin and the amount of swaying in the buildings.
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 9 Oct. 2020
• Is there a correlation or has the team just packed it in for the season?
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2017
• What matters is the correlation of forces and facts on the ground.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 24 Aug. 2019
• Brazil comes next, with correlations on two of the four scales.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 8 May 2018
• There is a correlation that good start from the football team can help the school year get off to a good start.
  — Kevin Lonnquist, star-telegram, 11 Oct. 2017
• On Earth, there's a strong correlation between the two in the weather.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2018
• And there tends to be a correlation between the size of the living space and the type of pet that is adopted, which makes sense.
  — Joseph Pisani, Star Tribune, 24 June 2021
• The strangeness shows up in the correlation between stocks and bond yields.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
• The reason for the correlation is also not explained in the study.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 9 Aug. 2023
• The correlation between this stat and the outcome is strong here.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 27 Nov. 2019
• A good year or a bad year for rain has a direct correlation with how much there is to eat.
  — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
• Again, this correlation holds both in the case of both success and failure.
  — Steven Zeitchik, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
• There’s a strong correlation with this type of crowd and what happened.
  — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 22 Feb. 2017
• But that was only a correlation, and the researchers wanted proof that each part of the cycle caused the next.
  — Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2019
• Give treats in the crate, or special chew toys to show a positive correlation with the crate.
  — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
• For the record, winning seems to have no correlation with a coach’s attire.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• The correlation is that a stronger grip is found in people with more muscle mass.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
• That said, there does seem to be a correlation between the return of the thin ideal and the use of Ozempic for weight loss.
  — Zoe Witt, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024