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
Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Neuroscientists have identified a number of neural correlates of consciousness—brain states associated with specific mental states—but have not explained how matter forms minds in the first place.
—Dan Falk, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2023
Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
This behavior demonstrates that, while strongly correlated to bitcoin, MSTR price exacerbates its movements, outperforming the leading crypto by over five times.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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However, the evening wasn’t entirely unsatisfying: The neuroscientist Christof Koch of the Allen Institute for Brain Science conceded a 25-year-old bet with the philosopher David Chalmers of New York University that the neural correlates of consciousness would have been identified by now.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Neuroscientists have identified a number of neural correlates of consciousness—brain states associated with specific mental states—but have not explained how matter forms minds in the first place.
—Dan Falk, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2023
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Whether that correlates to a higher fee is far less clear, given the deterioration in viewership in recent years.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
This behavior demonstrates that, while strongly correlated to bitcoin, MSTR price exacerbates its movements, outperforming the leading crypto by over five times.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Does your performance supplement contain a side of the main ingredient in Viagra?Akshay Syal, M.D., NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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These supplements can cause side effects and interact with certain medications.Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
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The costs associated with putting on an event, such as sound and lighting, must be reimbursed.Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The inclusion of glass fibers prevents the material from shattering upon impact, addressing one of the primary concerns associated with ceramic watch cases.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Crucially Dunn considered wellness not a replacement for or foe of medicine, but its complement.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The future is embracing a feminine approach - not in opposition to past paradigms, but as a complement to them - bringing care, complexity, and artistry to technology and design. Katie McIntyre, founder of Katie McIntyre Studio and MATRIARCH, is at the forefront of this movement.Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Variables identified by the algorithms, for example, included unrelated factors such as differences in X-ray machine models or the equipment’s geographic locations.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
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Among the 1,499 whose sentences were commuted, 1,217 were identified as male and 282 as female.Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kobayashi disappeared after missing her Nov. 8 connecting flight to New York at LAX, her family said.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The restaurant’s design and decor are also connected to something close to many Polynesian hearts: sustainability.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The new moon in Sagittarius on December 1 could also ignite fresh inspiration for your creative projects and personal passions and remind you that not all achievements are work related.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
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Other income was $43,000, compared to $55,000 in the previous year, due to a lower cash balance and related lower interest income.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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So, don’t equate going through perimenopause with no-need-for-contraception.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The same illogic leads the progressive Left to equate Israel’s defense against Hamas terrorists with the October 7 atrocities, and to draw false equivalences between Daniel Penny’s intervention on a subway and Mangione’s premeditated execution.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, Texas had 8.1 percentage points more teachers from historically disadvantaged groups than expected when compared with working-age adults from historically disadvantaged groups with degrees.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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In Arcadia and Temple City, Asian American voters fueled gains for Trump In Downey, Trump gained 18.8 percentage points in November compared with the 2020 presidential election, which saw a record turnout.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Correlate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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