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
Its frame of reference runs deeper, and it looks for inspiration in such modernist masterpieces as I.M.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
At that time, their frame of reference came mostly from online images.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
"Many have no frame of reference as to what measles can do to a child, family or community."
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025
I had no solid frame of reference, no true mental image of the place.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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