referenced

past tense of reference

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for referenced
Verb
  • She's consistently documented her day-to-day on social media, creating content about student life, wellness, beauty, style and athletic training.
    Alma Cooper, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The event was documented close to Alum Rock, five days earlier.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities have not specified if any suspects are in custody or if any suspects were among those injured.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • As Brooklyn Vegan points out, Heavenly’s 2026 tour is in support of their upcoming reunion album, the details of which have not yet been specified beyond a February release.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Portions of it informed early investigative steps in the FBI’s Russia probe, though many of its central claims were never corroborated.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • His strange story thus corroborated, Rip is welcomed back to the village.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the course of a conversation that spanned more than a million words and 300 hours, the bot encouraged Brooks to adopt grandiose beliefs, validated his delusions, and led him to believe the technological infrastructure that underpins the world was in imminent danger.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Liberace’s flamboyant heir, Elton John, validated his success with a white Phantom VI.
    Brett Berk, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The picture book is both written and illustrated by Knightley, 40, who tells a whimsical story about a young girl that wishes her new baby sister would be carried away by birds.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those statements, which emphasized the teams’ conversations with officials in both states, illustrated that locations in Missouri and Kansas were still in the mix months after both states approved sweeping incentives packages to secure them.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Referenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/referenced. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on referenced

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!