referral
noun
re·fer·ral
ri-ˈfər-əl 
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Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Incentives like free resources or discounts through referral and ambassador programs can increase engagement.
—Nick Leighton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
And a third group received both the referral and the counseling while also starting on buprenorphine, taken daily as a tablet.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
In 2022, the news organizations undertook a detailed analysis of statewide school discipline rates that showed Indigenous students disproportionately experience the harshest forms of punishment: exclusions from school for 90 days or more and referrals to law enforcement.
—Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Incentives like free resources or discounts through referral and ambassador programs can increase engagement.
—Nick Leighton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
And a third group received both the referral and the counseling while also starting on buprenorphine, taken daily as a tablet.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
In 2022, the news organizations undertook a detailed analysis of statewide school discipline rates that showed Indigenous students disproportionately experience the harshest forms of punishment: exclusions from school for 90 days or more and referrals to law enforcement.
—Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for referral
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“Referral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/referral. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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referral
noun
re·fer·ral
ri-ˈfər-əl
: the act or an instance of referring
Medical Definition
referral
noun
re·fer·ral
ri-ˈfər-əl
1
: the process of directing or redirecting (as a medical case or a patient) to an appropriate specialist or agency for definitive treatment
2
: an individual that is referred
Legal Definition
referral
noun
re·fer·ral
ri-ˈfər-əl
: the act or an instance of referring
appealed the referral of the bill to the Budget Committee
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