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refer

[ri-fur] / rɪˈfɜr /






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Lower-correlation assets refer to those that don’t trade in the same direction as each other.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Federal Reserve’s independent watchdog said Wednesday it found no evidence of administrative misconduct and no grounds to refer anyone for criminal prosecution over the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Faith is obviously so important to you, and I’ve heard you many times refer to it as your “authentic why.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

He has also called for US government documents to refer to the technology as "super intelligence," arguing that the word artificial "makes it sound fake."

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The suffrage movement was entering a phase that many historians refer to as “the doldrums.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The oral microbiome refers to the community of microorganisms living in the mouth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Mail refers to this as a "'rescue package' for jobless youngsters"

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

He laid out an affordability plan, which he refers to as “Califordable,” that he would prioritize if elected governor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Jeffrey Hirsch of the Stock Traders Almanac Newsletter refers to this as “Octoberphobia.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The term concordance refers to the fraction of twins who possess a trait in common.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

People with low lactase levels are unable to absorb lactose in large quantities and are referred to as lactose malabsorbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Although taking part meant traveling to London for treatment, he chose to enroll and was referred to UCLH.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Asked to clarify what Hegseth meant by the execution being "public," a Pentagon spokesperson referred AFP to the US Army, which in turn said to contact the Pentagon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The trusts that have been referred to the regulator have not been named.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Years later, when other men and women who’d served in the military in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War referred to their units, they’d call them by their official name or by their regiment number.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

"It is now possible to predict the properties of some complicated materials purely through computation without referring to experiment," says Chan, who is the senior author of the paper and a Simons Investigator in Physics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

It has been an exceptionally quiet Atlantic hurricane season, broadly consistent with a strong El Niño, said Barnett, referring to a climate pattern that can lead to warmer weather.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Just before the academy players go on the pitch, there is a sign that says: "Don't look sideways" - referring to where the first team train.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We’re not New Jersey. We’re not Mississippi,” noted Seth Warren, a local-politics expert at the University of Connecticut, referring to other states with at times unsavory reputations for corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

She was referring to the athletic rivalry between the Triangle area's two largest universities.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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