frame of reference

Example Sentences

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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

Its frame of reference runs deeper, and it looks for inspiration in such modernist masterpieces as I.M.

From The Wall Street Journal

I didn’t know how much I was learning because I had no frame of reference for any of it.

From Los Angeles Times

The frames of reference were, in retrospect, incompatible.

From Los Angeles Times

If Leno had something to offer beyond an outdated frame of reference, he’d have a streaming series like O’Brien or Letterman.

From Salon