reference
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The findings also provide a valuable reference point for improving quantum chemical models of phosphate-based molecules.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 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
In 2012, he sold his stake in Farallon, which was named in reference to islands off the coast of San Francisco and was once one of the largest hedge funds in the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
It was originally a reference to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, a unit within the Home Office, rather than the entire Home Office.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
I was jarred—a little spooked, as well—at so blatant a reference to something referred to, by mutual agreement, almost exclusively with codes, catchwords, a hundred different euphemisms.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing reference
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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