frame of reference
Example Sentences
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Today’s lawmakers looking for a frame of reference may want to read up on the efforts to regulate a questionable trading platform of an earlier era, the “bucket shop.”
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
But before jumping to a conclusion that F1 has been ruined by what amounts to the biggest rule change in the sport's history, it's important to establish a frame of reference.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Its frame of reference runs deeper, and it looks for inspiration in such modernist masterpieces as I.M.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
If Leno had something to offer beyond an outdated frame of reference, he’d have a streaming series like O’Brien or Letterman.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2025
While Madison's frame of reference was instinctively political, and idealized the dispersal of power naturally checked by the inherent diversity of diffused interest groups, Hamilton’s cast of mind was instinctively economic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
