refer
Example Sentences
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All told, it’s still rare, at least for now, for a myeloma patient to refer to themselves as cured or for an oncologist to refer to a myeloma patient that way.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
GPs can refer patients to dermatologists for more specialist care but there are long waits, often more than a year.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Toronto, and the large suburban communities that surround it, are home to one of the world's largest Iranian diaspora communities -- some jokingly refer to Canada's largest city as "Teheranto."
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Economists often refer to this as Knightian uncertainty, where the probability of possible outcomes is not quantifiable.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
The term pop music can refer to a specific kind of popular music, as in "bubblegum pop."
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
