as in complementary
related to each other in such a way that one completes the other
the correlative contributions that both teacher and student make to the learning process
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Recent Examples of correlative
With the passage of each anti-LGBTQ+ bill last year in Oklahoma, there was a correlative spike in calls to the Rainbow Youth Project’s Oklahoma crisis center line.
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Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024
Because of the correlative nature of the study, the researchers can't make specific recommendations to dog owners to ensure better canine health.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
The holy grail for AI programmers is to move from correlative outcomes, which is essentially what all AI today does, to causative outcomes that in essence include intuition and cognitive insight.
—Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2018
Previous work on this fundamental concept was restricted to schematic baby representations or correlative approaches.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2013
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Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024
Because of the correlative nature of the study, the researchers can't make specific recommendations to dog owners to ensure better canine health.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
The holy grail for AI programmers is to move from correlative outcomes, which is essentially what all AI today does, to causative outcomes that in essence include intuition and cognitive insight.
—Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2018
Previous work on this fundamental concept was restricted to schematic baby representations or correlative approaches.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correlative
Adjective
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These complementary efforts of fieldwork geology and the more digital world of computer modeling, in which geochemical data, fossils and ancient tectonics are paired with Earth system models, have helped pull back the veil on our deep past.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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This is reportedly the first quantum computer to be built using the standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chip fabrication process which is the same transistor technology used in conventional computers.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Third, something the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There were reciprocal tariffs added on top, raising the tariffs from 10 to 25 percent as a base increase on my regular costs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Jewish state is built on values of mutual responsibility and unity.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Fraternal security Gulf states have had significant internal quarrels over the years but remain bound by mutual defense treaties signed decades ago.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Correlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correlative. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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