as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
the accountants noticed a linkage between the two supposedly independent companies
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Recent Examples of linkage
The plunge in global markets that started Sunday night, however, looks to be driven by international financial linkages and crowded trades unwinding.
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Neil Irwin, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
The new plan has over 40 projects across the county for roadway construction, safety improvements and wildlife linkages, with almost half of the projects located in Tucson.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
Second, the drooping power lines increase the risk that the wires get tangled up in the pantographs, the linkages atop of the trains that slide along the catenary and draw power from it.
—Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 9 July 2024
The simple linkage between a purchase and a sound created a greater trust in users and a measurable increase in the likelihood of returning to use MasterCard for future purchases.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Neil Irwin, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
The new plan has over 40 projects across the county for roadway construction, safety improvements and wildlife linkages, with almost half of the projects located in Tucson.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
Second, the drooping power lines increase the risk that the wires get tangled up in the pantographs, the linkages atop of the trains that slide along the catenary and draw power from it.
—Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 9 July 2024
The simple linkage between a purchase and a sound created a greater trust in users and a measurable increase in the likelihood of returning to use MasterCard for future purchases.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linkage
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After confirming their relationship with a date night in February 2024, the duo appeared together at the Met Gala in May.Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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The two were in an on-again-off-again relationship for more than four years starting in 2006, when Wood was 18 and Manson was 37.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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His lobbying against Trump's interests was unusual given their political kinship, said Meghan Faulkner, the director of communications at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group that has been strongly critical of Trump.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Blood quantum, with its mathematical fussiness and emphasis on purity, bears little relationship to many tribes’ pre-contact approaches to belonging, which tended to be based on a looser approach to kinship.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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The latest Meetup Measurement Report showed that the number one reason people use the platform is to find meaningful connections in person, a 50 percent rise over previous years.Rachel Botsman, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
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Here is everything to know about Higgins' career and his connection to One Direction. Westlife Before taking over as the bodyguard for One Direction, Higgins, 51, looked after the boys from Westlife -- an Irish boyband that were popular during the early aughts.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Jamie Schulze, executive director of the association, is Northern Cheyenne and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Later, the panelists had some fun with Thicke’s notorious association with Cyrus (via their 2013 MTV VMAs twerking performance).Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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However, challenges remain, particularly around financing, technical complexity, equitable implementation, and demonstrating direct correlation between decarbonization and property value.Ali Hoss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Their methodology tracks the performance of stocks against various macro variables to find the greatest correlations over a five-year period.Brian Evans, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Linkage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linkage. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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