How to Use reference point in a Sentence

reference point

noun
  • This gives traders a good reference point to manage risk.
    Jay Woods, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Use the date as a reference point, not a deadline.
    Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
  • Use the date as a reference point, not a deadline.
    Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 17 May 2026
  • People with the poorest health habits were used as a reference point.
    Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But the band continues with that as a reference point.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Most wide-calf boots start around 16 inches as a reference point.
    Annie O'Sullivan, goodhousekeeping.com, 10 June 2023
  • When this album came out in ’02, this was the reference point for scene bands.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 June 2023
  • The most valuable use of market data is as a reference point.
    Erika Andersson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Riva, of course, remains the reference point.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Tory Burch is gazing upward as well, though her reference point is a bit more sci-fi.
    Ari Stark, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024
  • But the system has some uniformity that gives you a reference point.
    Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • That’s because there is often no independent reference point when the plane is in the sky.
    Sara Nelson, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The unwieldy size of the pool also helped Roberts lock in on a specific reference point.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The system is equipped with a camera and radar that track how far away an animal is by using the ground as a reference point.
    Sophie Hartley, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
  • My main concern is continuing to be a reference point in the future.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
  • To provide a common reference point, measure up 8 inches from the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck.
    Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
  • The key, according to Cherny, is shifting the reference point.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • In the past century, however, a new reference point emerged.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Otherwise, its debts and obligations have no clear reference point.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Leadership teams that are ready for transformation use the past as a reference point, not a ceiling.
    Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • But there’s none of his earlier reference point’s casual cheer, and maybe that makes sense for a man in his 70s.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • At nearly every moment, the reference point was somewhere from decades to millennia in the past.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Next week, the Hurricanes will join the club and host the Bulls, letting both teams scout with a reference point.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • So that became a big reference point for the [season one] finale where the locals rise up against the Empire.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Not as a character so much as a reference point in casual dialogue.
    Glynnis MacNicol, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2025
  • What’s missing is a different reference point.
    Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Jacobs recommends starting from a reference point, which is the middle of the painting’s height.
    Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That meant no longer using Berlusconi’s Milan as the one and only reference point.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Some patients bring in a favorite lip liner or a photo, so Ueda showed her favorite lip gloss as a reference point.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2023
  • However, learning from the industry’s greats is not just a reference point for her ambient voice.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Oct. 2024

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