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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Later that evening, Jian heard about a small plane crash over the Potomac in the news, but didn’t think much about it — and when a mutual friend contacted him later that night, Jian didn't immediately make the connection.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Cokley randomly messaged the girls through Instagram and would compliment their appearance to make a connection.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 June 2024
Here are a few meaningful ways to make the connection:
Send a personal message.
—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
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Cokley randomly messaged the girls through Instagram and would compliment their appearance to make a connection.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 June 2024
Here are a few meaningful ways to make the connection:
Send a personal message.
—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
See All Example Sentences for make a/the connection
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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 13 Mar. 2025.
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