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refer to

verb as in bear on

verb as in bear on/bear upon

verb as in quote

verb as in regard

verb as in touch

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The cumulative total over the years does not necessarily refer to individual pensioners, who could move in and out of relative poverty over time depending on their personal circumstances.

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“It took a lot of magic for that to happen. And the fact that anyone would refer to this as ‘Barry’s winter’ — which I would never say about myself — is absolutely insane to me.”

Sir Keir did not meet the protesters, or refer to them in his speech, stressing that he would "defend our decisions in the Budget all-day long".

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This is what doctors and scientists have named the disease that most people refer to as “coronavirus,” the disease that started spreading around the world in December 2019.

In a retirement speech in September 2023, Milley — who worries about being recalled to active duty and court-martialed under a new Trump administration, according to Woodward’s latest book, “War” — offered an indirect commentary widely presumed to refer to the former president: “We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen, to a tyrant or dictator, or wannabe dictator.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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