The phrase "associate only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to specify that something is limited to association or connection without including other elements.
Example: "The data we collected will associate only with the variables we identified in our study."
Alternatives: "connect solely" or "link exclusively".
It has been thought that animals may associate only a subset of contextual elements, which leads to weak associative learning.
The results from this research reinforce, with statistically relevant data, that corals harbour bacterial communities different to the water column [7], [9], [42], corroborate findings that corals associate only with certain specific bacterial groups, and that these coral-associated bacterial communities are 'host' species-specific [2].
Some loci (eg, TCF7L2, SLC30A8, and GCKR) show a validated association with both fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes, yet other loci associate only with fasting or 2-h glucose levels (eg, SLC2A2) or type 2 diabetes (eg, HNF1B and JAZF1).
This is a dedicated space I associate only with making my art.
Striking should always be on the quarters, behind the saddle girth, and must be immediate since a horse can associate only nearly simultaneous events.
Across the country, neighbors, employers, colleagues and strangers are warily interacting with young adults whose neurological condition many associate only with children.
Two others, he said, attendance at services and overall religiousness, were also associated, only less strongly.
"Cybercriminals upping their game are perfecting their campaign abilities previously associated only with advanced, targeted attacks.
Is always casual in his social life, and associates only with a small group of picture people.
He flinches, a man who would prefer to keep his face private and his name associated only with theatre.
But organized waste collection was associated only with state-sponsored events such as parades.
