reference
Example Sentences
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It’s a piece of the reference letter used to gain my job here.
From Literature
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He referenced a report from Reuters that the White House had paused the release of a draft bulletin earlier this month.
From Salon
There were no outright political moments in the speech, though O’Brien referenced the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
"We want to provide for Europe, something which they lack," he explains, in reference to the military expertise that the country has reluctantly gained since February 2022.
From BBC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has likened Israel to a Sparta of the Middle East—a reference to the long-gone warrior nation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.