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"You can understand why the owners want to refer to African dictators because that's how it feels from their perspective."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"We may be using mental terms to refer to AI, but this may only be because we lack better words," says Ophelia Deroy, philosopher and a senior author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

By raising borrowing costs, central bankers hope to minimize what they refer to as “second-round effects,” or a pickup in wages that prompts businesses to raise prices as they seek to preserve profit margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Clinical reviewers found that much of ChatGPT for Teens’ crisis response content was “clinically sound” but many conversations that should have forced the bot to refer teen users to professional help didn’t lead to referrals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

She stays asleep in the back for most of the trip, but when she is awake, she’s “lucid,” as Scoob’s heard the nurse refer to it.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

“Alpha” refers to how much something outperforms its benchmark or market average.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The 80-year-old leader doesn't have a cell phone and sarcastically refers to its users as the "finger-tapping generation."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

According to the Saudi interior ministry, the two Bangladeshi nationals were convicted and sentenced to death under "tazir", which in Islamic law refers to punishments left to the discretion of the judge.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Synaptic plasticity refers to the brain's ability to strengthen or weaken connections between neurons, a process essential for learning and memory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

“Anno domini” is Latin for “Year of Our Lord” and refers to time since the birth of Jesus.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Kao did not know the fundraiser’s name; in an FBI debrief, he simply referred to the person as the “money man.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The impact on a woman's period is why the condition was first referred to in the early 1990s as the "female athlete triad".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

She referred additional questions about the figures to Homeland Security, which did not respond to questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Soldiers referred to it as a “doc in the box.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

He referred to the Civil War sixteen years earlier and the lingering tensions between North and South.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

“If anyone knows the impropriety of the business model, it’s him,” Kao told the FBI, referring to Hartman.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

I’m referring to the period that lasts from November to April.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Congress has decided that we should be kept in AGOA. What now remains is the executive," Ramaphosa said, referring to the pact now needing President Donald Trump's signature after approval by Congress.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

They spoke in code, referring to "repairs at the school".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Beasties! You are referring to my pupils, sir.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood