refer to as

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: to call (something or someone) by (a specified name or title)

The victim was referred to only as "John Doe."

At one time, people referred to the city as the Paris of the East.

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Nichols and witnesses for the gun rights groups argued that what the measure and the state refer to as large-capacity magazines are really standard-capacity magazines in common use today. —oregonlive, 5 June 2023

This third sound is what people often refer to as the binaural beat. —Nicole Dellert, Allure, 21 Feb. 2023

The mass killing at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Saturday night has devastated the majority-Asian community of Monterey Park, Calif., which residents affectionately refer to as the nation’s first suburban Chinatown. —Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023

The announcement came during a speech in which the mayor heralded ongoing work in what civic leaders oft refer to as San Diego’s crown jewel. —Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023