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Help new executives identify the referent points, the people who others defer to and follow.
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Joe Frodsham, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
But Venezuela is no longer a referent for majestic glaciers.
—Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
That song, with its Dickensian referent, sets up the central character’s hopes and dreams, but the show never again reaches those emotional heights, neither narratively or musically.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
After the speech, the Indo-Pacific became a recurring referent in Japanese, Indian, and eventually Australian foreign policy circles.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2021
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Joe Frodsham, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
But Venezuela is no longer a referent for majestic glaciers.
—Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
That song, with its Dickensian referent, sets up the central character’s hopes and dreams, but the show never again reaches those emotional heights, neither narratively or musically.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
After the speech, the Indo-Pacific became a recurring referent in Japanese, Indian, and eventually Australian foreign policy circles.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2021
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“Referent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/referent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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referent
noun
ref·er·ent
ˈref-(ə-)rənt 
: something that refers or is referred to
especially
: the thing a word represents
referent
adjective
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