associate
verb (used with object)
to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc..
had associated
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past perfectof associate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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As a result, scientists had associated springtime with domoic acid outbreaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
At the start of their experiment in early 2019, there were only nine Irish Supreme Court decisions that had associated Wikipedia articles, making it an ideal data set for their purposes.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2022
As a child, I had associated Jewishness with feeling rejected; Gore helped me see that, for millions of Americans, it was something to be embraced.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021
Williams told the Chronicle for that story that he “made it OK for Bubba to vote Republican,” noting that before him, many Texans had associated Republicans with the country club crowd.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2020
I had associated with a boy—that was bad enough.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
