reference

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A reference to a violation of national guidelines on how to avoid firefighter injury and death was removed.

From Los Angeles Times

"Our clients' food refusal constitutes the largest co-ordinated hunger strike in British history since 1981," says the letter in a reference to the IRA hunger strikes.

From BBC

The reference was deleted in one draft, then restored in the public version, which contains only a brief mention of the Lachman fire.

From Los Angeles Times

For reference, the Santa Claus rally refers to a seasonal pattern in which stocks have historically tended to rise during the last five trading days of December and the first two trading days of January.

From MarketWatch

“We had to take it off so many files,” he said, a reference to the much-redacted, newly released Epstein Files.

From Los Angeles Times