CORRELATION Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

correlation

noun

Definition of correlation

as in relationship

the relation between things that happen or change together The study found no correlation between the popular diet and decreased risk of heart disease.

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Recent Examples of correlation The goal is not to replicate her but to surface correlations across the business that no person could compute on their own in that amount of time. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Riley points to the rise of rock stars being awarded with knighthoods by the British royal family as a correlation of changing tastes of reputability. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 The vast majority of this work has explored correlations between consuming ultraprocessed foods and developing health problems. — Garrett M. Broad, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 Although the correlation between daily prices has been insignificant, cotton prices and Brent crude prices have followed a similar general pattern since the outbreak of hostilities around Iran. — Sj Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for correlation

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Letters could sustain relationships between people separated by oceans, and sometimes those relationships achieved an intimacy unavailable to people who occupied the same rooms.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
But the relationship was bound to disappoint, given Vucic’s high hopes.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

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Benson’s death has similarities to other e-bicycle and e-motorcycle incidents, including two deaths in Huntington Beach — that of a 62-year-old Westminster woman on Saturday and a 21-year-old man in July.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Of course, the two men bonded at the time about their most noticeable similarity, comparing notes on how they were treated by other kids in school for being redheads.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

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