reference
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These findings enabled the team to establish biological reference signatures in mice and then search for matching patterns in human brain scans.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
The first reference on record to Cornish miners playing sport in Hidalgo is actually about cricket.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
"There's a country that has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers," he said, in a reference to China.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
"Hung Cao is fantastic, but I would not couple the two in any way at all," he said in apparent reference to the Middle East war and Taiwan's defence commitments.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
These had been embroidered with the word “hope,” which of course was a reference to the Swanburne motto, still buried beneath the ivy above the door.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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