dot connection

• dot-connection

From connect the dots.

dot connection (uncountable)

1. The act of connecting the dots.

   Synonym: dot-connecting

   • 2004 November 24, William Safire, “Steamroller Out of Steam”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 September 2015:

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

   • 2010 January 11, Andrew Ross Sorkin, quoting H[enry] Rodgin Cohen, “Thain Weighs In on Financial Reform”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 February 2012:

     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.

   • 2011 November 11, Andrew C. Revkin, “Dot Connection: From Palestinian Politics to Tsunami Warnings”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 November 2011