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
This is rocking Britain in a way Americans may struggle to fathom if their frame of reference is U.S. public broadcasting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
At that time, their frame of reference came mostly from online images.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
"Many have no frame of reference as to what measles can do to a child, family or community."
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025
They seem to have no mathematical frame of reference and no basic understandings on which to build.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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