Meaning & use
correlating
Showing or establishing a mutual relationship between two or more things, so changes in one relate to changes in another.
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The scientists spent months correlating rainfall data with changes in crop yields.
Analysts are correlating customer complaints with delays in the shipping process.
A note on using this word
The related noun is correlation; correlating two things does not by itself prove that one causes the other.
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