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refer to

VERB
bear on
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be immaterial be irrelevant be of no consequence














VERB
touch
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Russell's references to luck refer to a series of situations where the dice have very much fallen in Antonelli's favour.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Bob Baker Marionette Theater likes to refer to itself as the largest ongoing puppet theater in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

But in recent years, print sales in such categories as biography, current affairs and business and economics—what publishers refer to as “serious nonfiction” and which tend to resonate especially with men—have fallen considerably.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The Powell Fed, in short, offered an unprecedented level of what academics refer to as forward guidance, or indications of any sort that telegraph the likely path of short-term interest rates.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

What other sports team names can you think of that refer to armed conflict?

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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