refer
Example Sentences
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"I'm looking forward to being with him," he said, referring to Xi.
From BBC
“A deal can either be in one pool or the other, depending on the country,” he said, referring to the Orion-led group and the new fund’s other investments.
“This one is it,” Theo says, referring to the Polk’s directory in his hands.
From Literature
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From the first days of his rule, the Fidel Castro referred to Cubans who went into exile as “gusanos,” Spanish for worms.
Financial institutions are increasingly tokenizing funds, which refers to digitizing these funds to trade on blockchain ledgers.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.