The phrase "associated closely" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong connection or relationship between two or more entities, concepts, or individuals.
Example: "The research findings indicate that stress is associated closely with various health issues."
Alternatives: "tightly linked" or "strongly connected".
Later he wrote for and was associated closely with the journal Marxism Today in the 1980s.
We observed that the Nef:MHC-I complex associated closely with Rab7.
Mr. Coia's father, who prosecutors say associated closely with Raymond A. Patriarca Jr., the longtime New England crime boss, once served as the union's secretary-treasurer and helped pave the way for his son's ascension to the presidency.
Modi, who has recognised the brand value of new-age gurus, has associated closely with a string of holy men, including Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose "Art of Living" event in Delhi last month drew millions of followers.
A black man who soared above and beyond the limitations imposed by racism and one of the leading cultural theorists of his generation". Later he wrote for and was associated closely with the journal Marxism Today in the 1980s.
The education secretary, Michael Gove, gave a notably combative response, urging the media not to give the violent minority "the oxygen of publicity", a resonant phrase associated closely with Margaret Thatcher's efforts in the 1980s to deny the IRA television coverage.
Queen Anne appointed Atterbury bishop of Rochester in 1713, and he associated closely with Viscount Bolingbroke, but his Jacobite sympathies cost him the favour of Anne's Hanoverian successor, King George I (ruled 1714 27).
He shot six films with its Greek director Michael Cacoyannis, but he had earlier been associated closely with the Free Cinema movement in the UK and the directors that came out of it, and his other celebrated connection was with the American director James Ivory.
"A key is supposed to be associated closely with a person, which means you want a person to be involved in creating their own key, and in verifying the keys of people they communicate with," says Ed Felten, a computer scientist at Princeton University.
Clearly, seed size is related to lifestyle; total parasites obtain food from their host, even in their early growth stages, and young orchids are saprophytes that receive assistance in absorbing nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that are associated closely with their roots.
The Yijing is associated closely with Confucius.
