frame of reference
Example Sentences
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You need to pick art that you think you’re going to enjoy, that speaks to you, that you have a frame of reference for.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
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
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If Leno had something to offer beyond an outdated frame of reference, he’d have a streaming series like O’Brien or Letterman.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
As we talked, I tried to grasp the frame of reference of his words, so that I would know how to talk to him.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
