How to Use refer to in a Sentence

refer to

phrasal verb
  • The harvest moon refers to the full moon that appears closest to the fall equinox.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • As with any start-up, there’s no track record to refer to.
    Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The name refers to the legend of St. Patrick expelling snakes from Ireland.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
  • This condition refers to a high amount of fat in your blood.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The book’s title refers to the name of the movie Seymour is making, but the blood is also his own.
    Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
  • Sikhs use it to refer to God and the ten prophet leaders, or gurus.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In the second volume of her diaries, Garner refers to the home again and again.
    Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The pattern's name refers to the location where King John signed the Magna Carta.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Santa Claus rally refers to the tendency of stocks to get a bump over the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the next.
    Hardika Singh, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The officials often referred to the chaotic 2019 street protests to need for the new law.
    Kanis Leung, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
  • All charges from this time frame, please refer to the aforementioned.
    The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024
  • That’s probably the last time anyone will refer to the 2023 Cleveland Browns as The Elfs.
    cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Though they could still be referred to formally as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The phrase ‘get your pink back’ refers to the process that flamingoes undergo when raising their chicks.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 22 July 2024
  • This was not, in fact, what Netanyahu was referring to.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The placenta of a pepper, often referred to as the pith, is where the capsaicin glands are found.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Job hunters can refer to sites like Salary.com to get a sense of how much a particular role pays.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Archer was referring to the head of Burisma, who faced legal peril at the time.
    Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The room, referred to as the cloister, is known to house the tombs of several noble families from the 1300s.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Her uncle had raised her for the past seven years, referring to her as his daughter in the video.
    Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The easiest number to locate is the CFM, which refers to th-e amount of air moved in cubic feet per minute.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Number of Jets Jets refer to the mix of air and water that cause the bubbly, soothing hallmark of a hot tub.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Like other Venezuelans who’d lived in the Hall, Lozano Bracho referred to shelters as chetes.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The dud rate refers to the share of munitions that remain unexploded.
    John Hudson, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
  • That said, there are a variety of ways people refer to their genitals, and any of them are valid.
    Quispe López, Them, 19 July 2024
  • Trump referred to that in a campaign speech in Florida on Wednesday night.
    Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • She is being referred to by her first name for privacy.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 13 Dec. 2023
  • These white flowers are sometimes referred to as snowdrops due to their color and shape.
    Ashley Martens, Redbook, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The path of totality refers to the specific area on Earth where the total phase of a solar eclipse can be observed.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Trump referred to both sides of the debate on allowing historic monuments to remain standing.
    Steve Holloway, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024

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