frame of reference

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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

But before jumping to a conclusion that F1 has been ruined by what amounts to the biggest rule change in the sport's history, it's important to establish a frame of reference.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 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

While Madison's frame of reference was instinctively political, and idealized the dispersal of power naturally checked by the inherent diversity of diffused interest groups, Hamilton’s cast of mind was instinctively economic.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis