The definition of strongly versus weakly associated is in the context of genetic associations, where likelihood ratios from large-scale studies rarely reach higher than 3.
The living composer with whom Mr. Taub is now most closely associated is Milton Babbitt, his composition professor for several years at the Juilliard School and at Princeton.
In contemporary American public schools, it has even become suspect as a subject for study, so associated is it in secular minds with religious doctrine.
The holiday with which the cross is logically associated is Good Friday, which is in no danger of being secularized, mainly because of its total lack of joyfulness.
The role with which she is most closely associated is, of course, Hyacinth "it's Bouquet!" Bucket, the pretentious suburban housewife from the 1990s BBC series Keeping Up Appearances.
That creativity lies just on the other side of madness is a commonplace, though popularly the madness with which art is associated is of the delusional variety, marked by visions and demons.
Adès had been eying the subject for many years, not least because the Dadaist and Surrealist tradition with which Buñuel is associated is a family inheritance: Adès's mother, Dawn, is a scholar of Dali and Duchamp.
But the totem of modernism with which Williams is most often associated is one he had little to do with: the soaring, aerodynamic double parabola of the theme pavilion at Los Angeles International Airport.
So associated is Ms. Stuart with their preservation that she holds unchallenged claim to a nickname that may not be as intriguing as the Woman in Red, but is not quite as unsettling as the Pigeon Lady.
In the case of the unusual double time-trick in this week's Sherlock special – going back to the past that was actually the present of the stories on which the show is based – it may be significant that the other franchise with which Moffat and Gatiss are most associated is Doctor Who.
"He retires at a point in time when commercial banking, the business with which he has been most associated, is the largest profit contributor to the group," Douglas Flint, HSBC's chairman, said in a statement.
