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refer

[ri-fur] / rɪˈfɜr /






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“You need to refer back to that,” said Goldie.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Publicity rights refer to the ability to control and profit from the use of aspects of one's identity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some call them LLM’isms, others refer to it as “Claude speak.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Faith is obviously so important to you, and I’ve heard you many times refer to it as your “authentic why.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

I no longer refer to her as Mother because she’s not currently here to “mother” me.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Jeffrey Hirsch of the Stock Traders Almanac Newsletter refers to this as “Octoberphobia.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

"The nearby" refers to what is immediately around us.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

And yet, breaking out of what MacLachlan refers to as “The Black Suit,” worn by his unceasingly chipper “Twin Peaks” character, Special Agent Dale Cooper, proved challenging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The term refers to the letters, advisories, online FAQs, interpretations and other administrative flotsam and jetsam that agencies generate to explain how they will interpret laws and rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

A phenotype, in contrast, refers to an organism’s physical or biological attributes and characteristics—the color of an eye, the shape of a wing, or resistance to hot or cold temperatures.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

These are referred to as “common law” claims that are long-standing and traditional but do not rely on a measure approved by the Legislature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The video explainer referred to inspections only generally, and the state’s written guidance indicated only that this would need to happen before occupancy.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The case was initially referred to Van Houten, the top prosecutor in the county, in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The case was referred to Tompkins County District Attorney's Office, the top prosecutor in the county, back in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I see a screen featuring the petition she referred to.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"It took over matcha. That's really something that we Filipinos should be really proud of," she said, referring to the bright green tea powder popularised by Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Agents are only as useful as what they can see,” he wrote, referring to the fact that companies’ data often resides in Microsoft platforms like SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“The Beast is going faster than it has ever gone before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to the heavily armored presidential limousine.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

He’s referring to the city’s decision to post an online list of some 900,000 homeowners, including their names, addresses and property values, that it said were “related” to the surcharge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Let’s try it on Whaleback Hill!” she said, referring to the hill well-named because it indeed looked just like a whale’s back.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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