frame of reference
Example Sentences
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Scientists, thinkers, whoever can expand his frame of reference.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
You need to pick art that you think you’re going to enjoy, that speaks to you, that you have a frame of reference for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
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
Why don’t I give you absolutely no frame of reference for who I am.’”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
