reference

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Simo recently rebranded her role to “CEO of AGI deployment,” a reference to artificial general intelligence—or AI that is smarter than humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The amount of lead found in the dino nuggets could be as much as five times higher than the reference level for children, officials warn.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

They've repeatedly taunted Prime Minister Starmer as being "no Churchill" – a reference to Britain's leader during the Second World War.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The reference to "straits" was to the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic shipping route off Iran's coast that Tehran has all but closed.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Quintilian is a fundamental reference point for Arnauld: ‘Quintilian and all the other rhetoricians, Aristotle and all the philosophers...’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton