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as in to write
to engage in an exchange of written messages old friends who have been corresponding for years

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Recent Examples of correspond The rates corresponding to the chart remain, however. Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024 This corresponds to about a handful of nuts and about 169 calories. Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 The story is broken into three chapters signalled by title cards, each corresponding to a tantrum thrown by the protagonist, Prescott. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 Oversee insurers’ management of climate risks and corresponding mitigating measures to ensure the safety and soundness of insurance undertakings and ability to provide coverage. David Vetter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for correspond 
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  • The civil-rights struggles of these decades have had an urgency and an excitement that, Sauer writes, make their supporters think victory will be both quick and lasting.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • On Instagram, Bunton wrote about her joy in re-imagining the beloved Spice Girls standard.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • The winter transfer window coincides with four league fixtures for Hurzeler’s side, plus a third-round tie away to Norwich in the FA Cup and probable returns to contention for Hinshelwood and Kadioglu.
    Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The night of June 23rd into the 24th marks the peak of midsummer festivities and coincides with the celebration of the city’s cherished patron saint, through a unique merge of Catholic and pagan rituals that stretches back centuries.
    Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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  • Not coincidentally, the Met’s Lehman Wing, where the show is installed, roughly conforms to this model: It’s shaped like an angled sphere set within the four-square monument that is the Met.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • However, conforming is less likely if the belief in question is core to your identity.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • The move, which effectively leaves in place a lower court ruling upholding those regulations, comes days after the court agreed to hear a narrow slice of the fight: whether fuel companies have standing to sue over the regulations.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Now, the journal that initially published the study, along with three of its 18 authors ‒ though not its most high-profile lead scientist ‒ have agreed to withdraw it.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • Project 2025’s handbook’s DEI recommendations fit into four main categories: Abolishing DEI offices and personnel in the federal government.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • To try to say somebody is a moderate or something just doesn't fit.
    Kate Walter, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Correspond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspond. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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