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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The association between alcohol and cancer is well established, and many doctors have long called on the federal government to make the connection clearer to the public.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
But using a landmark result proved in 2018 by the mathematicians Terence Tao (opens a new tab) and Tamar Ziegler (opens a new tab), Green and Sawhney found a way to make the connection between Gowers norms and Type I and II sums.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
In recent years, the organization has opened nearly a dozen hiking trails in Los Cerros Orientales so that residents make the connection between these mountains and the water that fuels their lives.
—Elizabeth Rush, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Boston police did not make a connection between the two arrests there and the reported sightings.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
But using a landmark result proved in 2018 by the mathematicians Terence Tao (opens a new tab) and Tamar Ziegler (opens a new tab), Green and Sawhney found a way to make the connection between Gowers norms and Type I and II sums.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
In recent years, the organization has opened nearly a dozen hiking trails in Los Cerros Orientales so that residents make the connection between these mountains and the water that fuels their lives.
—Elizabeth Rush, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Boston police did not make a connection between the two arrests there and the reported sightings.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 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 18 Jan. 2025.
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