as in similar
having qualities in common solving a crime and diagnosing a disease are corresponding tasks: they both require a meticulous search for clues
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as in writing
to engage in an exchange of written messages old friends who have been corresponding for years
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as in coinciding
to be in agreement on every point the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests
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Recent Examples of corresponding
Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026 The federal side did not have a corresponding moratorium in place. —Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026 That said, Smith also admits that the torpedo bat's shape and corresponding swing weight could be making the bat feel easier to swing, which could in turn improve batting average rather than acting as a power tool blasting home runs out of the park. —New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for corresponding
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To their surprise, though, the prolonged auroras of 1204 left no corresponding surge in carbon-14. —Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026 The federal side did not have a corresponding moratorium in place. —Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
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Carreyrou acknowledged an obvious objection to this thesis—that there is a lengthy paper trail of Back corresponding with Satoshi—but explains it away by saying that Back was actually writing to himself as part of an elaborate ruse to throw would-be unmaskers off the trail. —Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026 That said, Smith also admits that the torpedo bat's shape and corresponding swing weight could be making the bat feel easier to swing, which could in turn improve batting average rather than acting as a power tool blasting home runs out of the park. —New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for corresponding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corresponding
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The administration’s own projections show a $23 billion gap between income and outgo for 2026-27 and similar gaps for the following two years if nothing is done.— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Many assume its American branch is a similar money pit.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
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Subscribe today Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore.— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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Buffett was writing at a time when the Dot Com bubble was deflating.— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
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But a subversive tradition took hold in the early nineteen-seventies, coinciding with the heyday of Saturday-morning cartoons and children’s educational television.— Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Called Jubilee Gold, the watch was conceived and developed in the maison’s Swiss workshop and part of a batch of new releases coinciding with the 100th anniversary celebration of the groundbreaking Oyster model.— Charlie Boyd, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
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These are not real feelings, Anthropic’s researchers emphasized, but patterns in the model’s neural activations that guide its responses, shaping decisions, preferences, and outputs in ways loosely analogous to human emotions.— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
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Compared to last year, arrests were down 14% citywide over an analogous 30-day spring break period, according to Miami Beach police.— Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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Instead of imitating other instruments and conforming to conventional musical ideas, Buchla (and Ciani) set out to create a paradigm based on harnessing the flow of electricity itself.— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
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Trustees displayed the transgender flag on the dais as Chanise Hendrix, the district’s LGBTQ support services coordinator, gave a presentation about the past and future of SCUSD’s efforts to protect trans and non-gender conforming students and staff.— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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And, no doubt, women in the original 1920s audience presumably had comparable lustful desires as the pair on stage; this was hardly the only Coward comedy of its era to be used for foreplay.— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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And, no doubt, women in the original 1920s audience presumably had comparable lustful desires as the pair on stage.— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Women’s health is often thought of as consisting solely of reproductive health issues.— Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 10 Apr. 2026
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The Roman soldiers guarding the fortlet enjoyed views of open pastures and cleared woodland consisting mainly of alder, hazel, and willow, with smaller amounts of oak and birch.— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
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Orbán had vetoed the bill after initially agreeing to it, enraging EU officials and counterparts across the 27-nation bloc.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Gore declares the Cold War over after agreeing on a historic partnership with Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Corresponding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/corresponding. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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