reference
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As a reference, $7,500 is 15% of a $50,000 income.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Before the super-heavyweight bout Abdul told the BBC he wanted to become the new 'King of Scotland' - in reference to Amin declaring himself that name in 1976.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Others came up with captions including "Don't Look Up," a reference to the 2021 film starring Leonardo Di Caprio parodying societal apathy to the climate crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“We also spoke about diplomacy,” Zelensky said in an apparent reference to Trump’s interest in helping Ukraine and Russia reach a peace deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It's a reference book given to me by my sister Amy, and it's full of useful information.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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She throws every tangentially relevant piece of information she can—talking points, asides about old campaigns, recommendations for where to spend time in Detroit, references to bills she’s worked on—into each response.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
A former community organizer, he used youthful slang and pop culture references with the same ease he played pick-up basketball games.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
During the lockdown, dreams contained stronger emotions and more references to restrictions, barriers, confinement, and other limitations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
There are references to dry runs, apparent weaknesses in airport security, and enough detail about the movements of Megrahi and others for Nouzille to crosscheck dates and places against other sources.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
He peppered his conversation with cryptic references to how much money he made, for instance.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Flavio Bolsonaro teared up as he referenced his father, who appeared in an AI-generated video.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Julie Su, Mamdani’s deputy mayor for economic justice, referenced Shorris’s experience going after tax cheats as an example of the kind of work that fits into the mayor’s agenda for economic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
This had a second benefit: no attacker data, and none of the credentials it referenced, left our environment,” said the statement from Hugging Face.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Burnham referenced the Everyone In scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic, when thousands of rough sleepers across England were helped with housing.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The cycle referenced in the title is a system for synchronizing the ritual and solar years by adding extra months to the calendar at intervals of two years, but not in the eighth year.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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“It’s going to be different,” Sienna said, referencing the Bruins losing six players to the WNBA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
After Argentina's dramatic 3-2 win over Egypt in the last 16, players were filmed singing a chant referencing the islands and Argentina greats Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“India is now the largest market in LLM adoption for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity users,” according to the economists, referencing large language models.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Nothing excites Trump more than the power of saying 'you're fired,'" Litman said, referencing the catchphrase Trump popularized in his former role as a reality competition show host.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Sounds like a regular Caravan of Love,” I said, referencing an old Housemartins song my mom had played pretty much nonstop since I was a kid.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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