referent
Example Sentences
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And if we cannot find a referent for the normal and the good, how can we possibly come back from our national neurosis?
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2024
"But that would be sad to me, to have lost the referent."
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2023
You can tweak a reference all you like, but the referent will stay just the same.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
“It’s not the most typical referent for ‘sandwich,’” he mused.
From The Verge ● Apr. 9, 2020
Lon searched the skull for another mark, another referent, but found nothing.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
