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Recent Examples of Synonyms for referencing
Verb
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In the months to come, Coppermark would send the insurance department a pointed letter documenting the call, and the legal department would respond with a terse rejection of all of the complaints.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026 -
Besides mischaracterizing the people documenting federal agents’ abuse, the author seems not to understand the First Amendment.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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When the same agencies advancing a project are also responsible for validating its assumptions, skepticism is inevitable — especially when surrounding neighborhoods are asked to absorb the consequences.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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These digital twins operate as autonomous agents capable of validating issues, correlating signals, applying fixes and escalating to humans only when needed, compressing resolution times while improving service quality.—
Peter High,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Entire chapters specifying how nuclear material should be secured and what sorts of physical barriers should be built to protect it have been reduced to bullet points.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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Include your name, phone number and email address specifying February Writing Workshop.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Every indication is that Craig will be among this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame class when it is officially revealed at Thursday night’s NFL Honors, as multiple sources have indicated, corroborating a Wednesday report by NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Oulahan has yet to find records corroborating those arrests related to his client.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2026
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From tiny proto‑dinosaurs like Marasuchus to giants like Plateosaurus and Mamenchisaurus, 'The Dinosaurs' runs the gamut, illustrating how dinosaurs evolved across millennia in response to a volatile world.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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There are times, though, when the filmmaker makes his machinations too obvious, as with the too-cute cross-cutting illustrating how the characters are all caught in the same web.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Referencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/referencing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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