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Christakis is an English word starting with the letter C. With 8 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Christakis in a sentence

Using Christakis

  • In the example corpus, christakis often appears in combinations such as: nicholas christakis.

Context around Christakis

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nicholas 1× partner 1× society 1× professor 1×

Often after:

predicted 1× fokas 1× argues 1× himself 1×

Sentence patterns with Christakis

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

african partner christakis fokas ttofalli 1× but christakis is looking 1× christakis had defended 1× christakis oh i 1× good society christakis argues that 1× nicholas a christakis s blueprint 1× professor nicholas christakis predicted that 1× yet professor christakis himself suffered 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also benefiting from 1× blueprint the evolutionary 1× but christakis is 1× christakis had defended 1× christakis oh i 1× nicholas a christakis 1×

Common sentence endings:

a national response 1× a social species 1× christakis fokas ttofalli 1× culturally insensitive costumes 1× of that network 1× positive and improving 1×

Words around Christakis

Just before it in the word index:

christain 7 christadelphians 12 christadelphian 18 christabelle 2 christabel 31 christa 34

Just after it in the word index:

christal 8 christan 3 christchurch 280 christe 8 christel 29 christelle 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Christakis

  • In this selection, "christakis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nicholas, partner, society, predicted, fokas and argues stand out and add context to how "christakis" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include african partner christakis fokas ttofalli and but christakis is looking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "christakis" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with christakis

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

CHRISTAKIS: Oh, I mean, I think we clearly needed a national response. (12 words)

Also benefiting from the ruling were Greek citizen Ilias Demerlis and his South African partner, Christakis Fokas Ttofalli. (18 words)

Yet Professor Christakis himself suffered career consequences in 2015 after his wife questioned whether minority students at Yale were overreacting to Halloween costumes. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Nicholas A Christakis’s Blueprint does just that, asserting, compellingly as much as controversially, that the qualities humankind has come to value as fundamentally “good” are, in fact, foundational to our continued existence as a social species. (37 words)

Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society," Christakis argues that while there are problems and challenges in the short to medium term, the overall trend for humanity is one that is positive and improving. (35 words)

Christakis had defended his wife’s email about young people’s choices in Halloween costumes, which itself was a response to a Yale directive from the Intercultural Affairs Committee warning students about culturally insensitive costumes. (35 words)

Example sentences (8)

The Yale sociology professor Nicholas Christakis predicted that as in the 1920s, after the 1918 Spanish flu, society would embrace indulgence, with a rise in “sexual licentiousness” as well as a “reverse of religiosity”.

CHRISTAKIS: Oh, I mean, I think we clearly needed a national response.

Also benefiting from the ruling were Greek citizen Ilias Demerlis and his South African partner, Christakis Fokas Ttofalli.

Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society," Christakis argues that while there are problems and challenges in the short to medium term, the overall trend for humanity is one that is positive and improving.

Nicholas A Christakis’s Blueprint does just that, asserting, compellingly as much as controversially, that the qualities humankind has come to value as fundamentally “good” are, in fact, foundational to our continued existence as a social species.

But Christakis is looking not just at how popular an individual is, but also their position in the network and the shape of that network.

Christakis had defended his wife’s email about young people’s choices in Halloween costumes, which itself was a response to a Yale directive from the Intercultural Affairs Committee warning students about culturally insensitive costumes.

Yet Professor Christakis himself suffered career consequences in 2015 after his wife questioned whether minority students at Yale were overreacting to Halloween costumes.

Common combinations with christakis

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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