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How to use the word Reference in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

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And any reference to the Capitol riot will only unfairly prejudice the jury against Fox, inflame passions, prevent a fair trial, and taint any resulting verdict.

Fox News

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Latin for dignity or greatness, in reference to the really spectacular nature of this spider, it’s a big, beautiful species.

Michael Rix

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it, a woman’s age doesn’t define her either personally or professionally.

Don Lemon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The language in that letter is damning and that letter has a reference to bringing a shovel and burying a body.

Patrick Reilly

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s no chance that you get North Korea to denuclearize if they think there’s no military threat and Abe said that to Trump in every meeting he had with him, i’m grateful for the reference, but I don’t think it took us for Abe to understand what he needed to do. And he was absolutely right. Trump needed to hear it repeatedly.

John Bolton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When three guests go searching for their ancestors in a remote village and get kicked out by their alleged relatives, that’s the opposite from our inbred hospitality, also, the escorts and the reference to local criminal organizations depict a negative image.

Enzo Anastasi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Her style betrays a self-satisfied exaggeration of her aptitudes.” (In reference to Vice President Harris)

George F. Will

added by anonymous
1 year ago

This is not a prop and I don’t carry it as a prop, this is a reference manual. I carry it with me next to my heart because I refer to it daily, constantly.

Mike Lee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The number of people being arrested now who have pending cases -- which is what the mayor is referencing -- has in fact increased. Now, the causes of that aren't necessarily clear, the mayor made some reference to bail reform... We also know that cases are going on longer because of the pandemic court closures and those types of things. So there's certainly potentially competing causal factors.

Marie VanNostrand

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Earlier today I made a reference which I understand may have been viewed as offensive. I apologize.

Dallas Cowboys

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Aim SarkariExam is one solution for all your question related to government jobs like notification of new vacancy, exam date, release date of admit card, answer key, result. For candidate’s easy reference we have provided a list of all government exams, so that you can get complete detail about that specific exam in one click.

Nagendra Singh

added by aimsarkariexam
1 year ago

There was no direct reference to South Korea or the United States, and even though there is a mention of nuclear force, there is no extreme expression, so it seems North Korea tried to manage the level of intensity this time.

Yang Moo-jin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Preliminarily, detectives believe a birthday party was taking place at the event hall when a fight occurred and shots were fired, shots were fired both inside and outside the building. There are no individuals detained reference this incident.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We look forward to having Deshaun as our starting quarterback. We have done extensive investigative, legal and reference work over the past several months to provide us with the appropriate information needed to make an informed decision about pursuing him and moving forward with him as our quarterback.

Andrew Berry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Those in-depth conversations, the extensive evaluation process, Deshaun Watson dedication to being a great teammate and devotion to helping others within the NFL, within the community and through Deshaun Watson charitable initiatives provided the foundation for us to pursue Deshaun. We are confident in Deshaun and excited about moving forward with him as our quarterback and supporting his genuine and determined efforts. we look forward to having Deshaun as our starting quarterback. We have done extensive investigative, legal and reference work over the past several months to provide us with the appropriate information needed to make an informed decision about pursuing him and moving forward with him as our quarterback.

Andrew Berry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We look forward to having Deshaun as our starting quarterback. We have done extensive investigative, legal and reference work over the past several months to provide us with the appropriate information needed to make an informed decision about pursuing him and moving forward with him as our quarterback, deshaun has been among the very best at the position, and he understands the work needed to reestablish himself on and off the field in Cleveland. We are confident that he will make positive contributions to our team and community as we support his return to football.

Andrew Berry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Tennis professionals don't embody a country in the same way that national teams do, so I think it's right to ban Russian teams to send a crystal clear message. And I think it's good that you take out flags or the reference to Russia in tennis, but let the individual professionals play.

Eva Lys

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Ballet dancers often whip their head around during each turn to fixate a visual reference. Similarly, at the end of the spin, athletes will fixate their eyes at a specific spot on the wall to provide a fixed reference.

Kathleen Cullen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The difference between us and other communities is that we have a point of reference. We know what Venezuela and Cuba and Nicaragua and Ecuador and Peru and Argentina and Chile look like. We know Mexico. We know, so it's very easy to compare, my parents fled socialism, and anything that has that word attached to it, whether its democratic socialism or pragmatic socialism, that's all the theory. It's not the practice. We have experienced the practice. We have the wounds, and we have the whips on our backs. We know. We know what socialism means.

Maria Salazar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My husband’s reference to Anne Frank at a mandate rally in D.C. was reprehensible and insensitive, the atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. His opinions are not a reflection of my own.

Joe Scarnici/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The most difficult experience we've had is a patient's family who under a pseudonym had made threats against the hospital, there was a reference to making sure the hospital was locked and we've got people that are coming for you.

Jack Lyons

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm going to summarize what I remember, what I was told, he was telling a joke... he told the officer... he made a reference about telling a joke about' Why did it take seven shots to shoot Jacob Blake,' something to that effect.

Judge Bruce Schroeder

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The apocalyptic aspects of horror, cyberpunk and surrealism, with a steady overtone of mental aberrations, are explored through the diverse arts of literature, music, film, art, comics and technology. -- In reference to the infamous, eclectic magazine, Cyber-Psychos AOD #8, 1999.

Anne Dyer

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

Ultimately, we need to remain vigilant (in reference to dealing with the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic)

Daniel Andrews

added by km_rennie
2 years ago

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