referral
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"Our investigation, which began following a mandatory referral from the force, remains ongoing and the officers involved are currently being treated as witnesses."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
According to A Place for Mom, a referral service for eldercare, female caregivers report losing 33% of total household income due to caregiving duties.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Tillis dropped his opposition after the Justice Department assured him the criminal case wouldn’t be reopened absent a formal referral from the inspector general.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The Justice Department offered private assurances that it would pursue a criminal referral only if the Fed’s inspector general—whose audit Powell had requested last July—found wrongdoing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Then a sergeant came by and asked me to do a psych referral on a new inmate on V-gallery and paused to check his notepad for the cell number.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing referral
"Efrén Divided" by Ernesto Cisneros, Chapters 1–5
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