make a/the connection
idiom
: to understand that there is a relationship between two or more things
It didn't take long for us to make the connection between the missing money and our partner's new car.
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Here are a few meaningful ways to make the connection:
Send a personal message.
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Melanie Borden, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
But using a landmark result proved in 2018 by the mathematicians Terence Tao and Tamar Ziegler, Green and Sawhney found a way to make the connection between Gowers norms and Type I and II sums.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
And, even if her story doesn't immediately find Mr. Right, maybe his mom might read it and make the connection.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
In an unexpected way, this can make a connection that will, in time, be fruitful and make the no just one among a number of responses that build a successful rapport and a creative dialogue.
—Anna Jankowska, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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Melanie Borden, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
But using a landmark result proved in 2018 by the mathematicians Terence Tao and Tamar Ziegler, Green and Sawhney found a way to make the connection between Gowers norms and Type I and II sums.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
And, even if her story doesn't immediately find Mr. Right, maybe his mom might read it and make the connection.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
In an unexpected way, this can make a connection that will, in time, be fruitful and make the no just one among a number of responses that build a successful rapport and a creative dialogue.
—Anna Jankowska, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Make a/the connection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%2Fthe%20connection. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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