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The phrase "are sometimes associated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relationship or connection between two or more things that occur occasionally or under certain circumstances.
Example: "Certain symptoms are sometimes associated with the onset of the illness, indicating a need for further investigation."
Alternatives: "are occasionally linked" or "are sometimes connected".
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are sometimes associated
adjective
Former; sometime.
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Those symptoms are sometimes associated with encephalitis, which can be caused by West Nile, a mosquito-borne virus.
Although bedbugs are sometimes associated with fleabag hotels, they can thrive anywhere and are easily transported.
Amino acid chains are folded into helices, zigzags, and other shapes and are sometimes associated with other amino acid chains.
Such errors are sometimes associated with the memory sin of misattribution, where we remember aspects of an experience correctly but attribute them to the wrong source.
Because these issues touch on core aspects of national sovereignty, monetary unions are sometimes associated with the transition of a confederation of states toward a federal system.
Amino acid chains are folded into helices, zigzags, and other shapes to form proteins and are sometimes associated with other amino acid chains.
Moreover, as the cultural historian Thomas Dixon points out, tears are sometimes associated with joy and ecstasy rather than grief and sorrow – hence the mass emotional displays during the London Olympics.
The poems are sometimes associated with a pan-Indian deity, such as Shiva, but more often with a local Bengali deity e.g., Manasa, the goddess of snakes, or Shitala, the goddess of smallpox, or the folk god Dharma-Thakur.
The Ob Ugrians have a large number of "local gods" of whom pictures have been made and who are sometimes associated with ancient mighty men or Christian heroes and saints.
Nanoparticles are sometimes associated with starch granules in the chloroplast.
Defects in pituitary gland organogenesis are sometimes associated with congenital anomalies that affect head development.
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