as in to apply
to have a relation or connection
I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation
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Recent Examples of refer
The federal law at the center of this case actually refers back to state law, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
San Rafael Board of Education president Carolina Martin referred media inquiries to Ghysels.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
The law office, contacted about the lawsuit, referred The Courant to the statement.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
The drawing referred not just to imagery of the Madonna and her infant but also to Michelangelo’s Pietà, with its grown male body lying dead across his mother’s lap.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
San Rafael Board of Education president Carolina Martin referred media inquiries to Ghysels.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
The law office, contacted about the lawsuit, referred The Courant to the statement.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
The drawing referred not just to imagery of the Madonna and her infant but also to Michelangelo’s Pietà, with its grown male body lying dead across his mother’s lap.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refer
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Instead, apply a clean dressing over the eye and go to the hospital immediately.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Pauline’s ability to inhale the essence of materials like gold and apply it to her voice makes her words more lethal than anything DK can do solo.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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In February 2024, the EU adopted the Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition, legislation that specifically targeted green and climate related claims.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Northrop Grumman officials, though, said the ULA and Artemis boosters are not directly related.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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More than one-third (35.6 percent) of for-sale condos in San Francisco are at risk of selling at a loss, drastically higher than the next two major metros on the list pertaining strictly to condos: Portland, Oregon, (24.8 percent) and Oakland (23.2 percent).—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The data pertains to Medicaid recipients in California, Illinois, Washington and Washington, D.C., according to the AP report.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
24 June 2025
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“Refer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refer. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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