references
Example Sentences
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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
During the lockdown, dreams contained stronger emotions and more references to restrictions, barriers, confinement, and other limitations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
If you can’t get enough of that show’s visual irony, metatextual references and winking at entertainment tropes, here’s 10 more episodes of the same feeling, only Earthbound.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
If the hacks or detractors listened to the references it was all about achievement in what the team did to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
When Correns completed his experiments and was ready to assemble his paper for publication, he returned to the library to find references to his scientific predecessors.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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