Thesaurus results for REFERRED

referred

verb

Definition of referred

past tense of refer

as in related

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 referred When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Fox News referred PEOPLE to Baier’s posts. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026 The Kennedy Center referred ARTnews’s request for comment on the filing to the Department of Justice, which did not immediately respond. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 Pappas' campaign referred CNBC to his comments on Social Security during the recent AARP forum. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026 Norris referred the Sun Sentinel’s questions to a representative, who said the principal only thought Cannon was using the gym as part of his normal duties as a coach. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Schnell referred questions to his attorneys, who didn’t immediately respond to an email from the Associated Press seeking comment. — Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Schnell referred questions to his attorneys, who didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Walmart reports that many workers referred for spine surgery ended up not needing it. — Tony Lo Sasso, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026 The department said its Investigative Response Team was on site to document the incident and referred additional questions to the FBI's Chicago field office. — Brittany Miller , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for referred

Verb

By afternoon on Election Day, the biggest issues affecting voting were weather-related, with flooding in Florida and parts of the Southwest prompting changes to polling locations and other emergency measures.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Investigators on Wednesday were still determining whether the shooting and stabbing were related.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of related

Verb

He was said to have applied for his company, Shawty Dred LLC, to become an authorized SNAP retailer and used EBT debit cards to extract about $4 million from the accounts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Under existing standards applied by the Maryland Supreme Court, districts must be compact, consist of adjoining territory, maintain substantially equal populations and respect natural boundaries and political subdivisions.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of applied

Verb

The district has not confirmed nor denied previous reporting from WSOC-TV that the investigation pertained to contracts with some of Hill’s former colleagues.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026
Both pertained to the same player in a way that had some believing there could be an easy out to fill out a Heat roster thinned by the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026