dot connection

alternative dot-connection

1. uncountableThe act of connecting the dots.

   The Senate bill, which slavishly follows the commission's recommendations, has some sensible ideas; the counterterrorism center for dot connection is one.

   2004 November 24, William Safire, “Steamroller Out of Steam”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015

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   I still do, and you know, I find an interesting analogy to the attempted Christmas Day bombing, where everyone is saying in the intelligence community we need to connect the dots? In the financial community we need to do so as well, and the Fed is better positioned than anyone else to accomplish that dot connection.

   2010 January 11, Andrew Ross Sorkin, quoting H[enry] Rodgin Cohen, “Thain Weighs In on Financial Reform”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2012

   Synonyms: dot-connecting