frame of reference
Example Sentences
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Today’s lawmakers looking for a frame of reference may want to read up on the efforts to regulate a questionable trading platform of an earlier era, the “bucket shop.”
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
This is rocking Britain in a way Americans may struggle to fathom if their frame of reference is U.S. public broadcasting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
But something even more momentous was about to shift the playwright’s frame of reference.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
"I had no frame of reference of what I was getting myself into," Lawrence, 28, told BBC Sport.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024
He had no frame of reference for it, no way for his brain to process just how horrible it was.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
