in reference to
idiom
formal
: about or concerning (something or someone) : in relation to
I am writing in reference to your recent letter.
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Combs is accused of arson amid the racketeering acts, likely in reference to the explosion of Mescudi's vehicle.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 May 2025
This was in reference to the shocking September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda terrorist airplane suicide attacks on New York’s World Trade Center.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
People around these parts know what that was in reference to.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 22 May 2025
More like a horticultural art installation than a garden, ‘A Glimpse of the Past’ features chains made from strips of palm leaf in reference to slavery, sculptural Conch shells, Antigua Black Pineapples and pink sand from Barbuda.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 May 2025
This was in reference to the shocking September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda terrorist airplane suicide attacks on New York’s World Trade Center.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
People around these parts know what that was in reference to.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 22 May 2025
More like a horticultural art installation than a garden, ‘A Glimpse of the Past’ features chains made from strips of palm leaf in reference to slavery, sculptural Conch shells, Antigua Black Pineapples and pink sand from Barbuda.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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“In reference to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20reference%20to. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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