Meaning & use
Correlated
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Showed or established a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things, such that they tend to vary together.
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Researchers correlated higher screen time with reduced sleep quality among teenagers.
The two variables were closely correlated, though the data alone couldn't prove one caused the other.
A note on using this word
Statisticians caution that correlation does not imply causation: two correlated things aren't necessarily cause and effect.
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unrelatedindependent
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