reference

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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

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

The inquiry will formally begin after the terms of reference are laid before Parliament on 13 April.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

And they argue the 14th Amendment’s reference to “jurisdiction” restricts its scope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Copernicus’s disciple Rheticus, in the first published account of the Copernican theory, held back any reference to heliocentrism for as long as he possibly could, for fear of alienating his readers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton