as in supplement
something that serves to complete or make up for a deficiency in something else
the often uneasy relationship between the employer and his correlate, the employee
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as in to associate
to think of (something) in combination
a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work
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Recent Examples of correlate
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Facial correlates of emotional behaviour in the domestic cat (Felis catus)
Frontiers in Psychology.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
While the central bank has no direct influence on deposit rates, the yields tend to be correlated to changes in the target federal funds rate — so holding that rate unchanged has kept savings rates above the rate of inflation, which is a major advantage for savers.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 30 July 2025
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Noun
These sunspots are cooler areas of the sun's surface, and how many are visible correlates to how active the sun is.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Facial correlates of emotional behaviour in the domestic cat (Felis catus)
Frontiers in Psychology.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
With a creepy self-assurance, Dr. Alvarez also suggested that migraine was somehow correlated with the women that men found most attractive.
—Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
While the central bank has no direct influence on deposit rates, the yields tend to be correlated to changes in the target federal funds rate — so holding that rate unchanged has kept savings rates above the rate of inflation, which is a major advantage for savers.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 30 July 2025
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Noun
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The most important factor in getting the benefits of fiber supplements is taking them consistently, rather than at a specific time each day Taking fiber supplements before a meal may help with weight loss, and taking them with a meal may help control blood sugar.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
14 Aug. 2025
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Unlike electrolytes, colostrum or collagen supplements, salt is, well, salt.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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From the outside, maternal instincts may be most associated with care and compassion.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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For example, taking 4,000 daily steps, which equates to nearly 2 miles, was associated with a 36% lower risk of death compared to 2,000 steps.1 However, the researchers did note a handful of limitations.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Health,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That cognitive revolution was driven by genetic changes, by selecting for individuals who had the right complement of genes for higher cognition.—
Madeleine Beekman
August 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
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These fun pops of color are perfect for summer days by the pool, or the complement Gen Alpha’s version of a preppy outfit.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The team also wants to try to identify which hominin made the stone tools found at the site.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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The only clue that authorities had to identify the deceased was a keychain that included shopper rewards cards from Winn-Dixie and CVS.—
Charmaine Patterson,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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All of these people are narcos, somehow connected to the drug world.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Oxbow Bridge has been destroyed by fire, cutting off a key route that connects the rural Arizona community of Cibola in La Paz County to California.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After that, Lisa, Larsa, and Cult Jam apparently started screaming at each other in the elevator about something Jody related, which the cameras didn’t pick up.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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All of this is related in the film’s mesmerizing Grimm-like opening.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The price currently equates for a base rate in the region of 3.75%—representing a cut of two measures from the Fed.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Quite literally mimicking the effect of watercolor paint on paper, pro makeup artist Kasey Spickard equates its rise in popularity to beauty’s shift towards skincare-makeup hybrids as another take on a natural flush—perhaps even a reactionary response to the heavy matte makeup of the 2010s.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Researchers compared the quality of colonoscopy conducted three months before and three months after AI was implemented.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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Vreeland compared the cost to paying for installing wheelchair ramps and working elevators.—
Allana Smith,
Freep.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Correlate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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