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as in to write
to engage in an exchange of written messages old friends who have been corresponding for years

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Recent Examples of correspond Brighter areas could correspond with auroras detected around SIMP 0136 in radiowaves. Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025 After passing through enough layers, the final layer is read and transformed into an output, such as the identity of the pixels in an image that correspond to a cat. Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025 But the city exempts the first $100,000 in gross receipts plus corresponding net income, so most businesses don't pay BIRT, per an analysis by Pew in 2024. Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 The survey suggests, though, the decline in Christian affiliation and corresponding growth in the share who lack a religious affiliation that had been persistent over the past few decades appears to have plateaued. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for correspond
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  • Neptune entering Aries the next day boosts your creative flow, so write, speak, draw, or dance it out.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Out of necessity, James Madison wrote, of some stable institution in the government.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • My trip happened to coincide with a visit by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
    Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Liu’s career has, however, neatly coincided with the post-Mao period — one that has seen architecture freed from state control and socialist ideals.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This order serves only two purposes: to score partisan political points in a manufactured culture war and to purge the military of those who don’t conform to MAGA ideology.
    Johnny Weixler, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Fear of retaliation, social conditioning, and the pressure to conform make speaking up difficult.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Unique then agrees, only if Early does some reconnaissance for him.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • By entering the Sweepstakes through use of a mobile phone or text message, entrants acknowledge and agree that notification of winning may result in charges pursuant to the terms of entrants’ carrier’s rate plan.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Tropicana also narrowed the label to fit the more compact bottle.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Expect to see more leagues — NBA and MLS seem to fit the model — try to import 4 Nations-style magic for their all-star games.
    Dan Shanoff, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Correspond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspond. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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