refer
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Scientists refer to this period as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Healthcare executives refer to this as “consumer-driven healthcare.”
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
The 1.5C and 2C limits in the Paris accords refer to sustained long-term warming -- typically over 20 years -- so temporary breaches do not necessarily mean the long-term goal is out of reach.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial, said that he and his colleagues have started to refer to oil prices as the “chart of truth.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Sociologists refer to the ways a culture remembers catastrophes like the tsunami as “disaster memory.”
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing refer
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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