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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But apparently, like Highland when used in reference to the latest Model 3, this isn’t an official Tesla term, and the origin of it is unknown.
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James Morris, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Officers were called to the 4700 block of Aldgate Green in Halethorpe on Sunday in reference to a call reporting that an unidentified male had been found.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
Learning About Earth's Climate History An international team of scientists, funded by the European Union collaborated and named the project Beyond EPICA (in reference to an earlier project that didn’t go quite as deep).
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
According to the New York Times, the NWS’s Los Angeles office had only used such a warning twice before that: both in 2020, also in reference to Santa Ana winds.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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James Morris, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Officers were called to the 4700 block of Aldgate Green in Halethorpe on Sunday in reference to a call reporting that an unidentified male had been found.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
Learning About Earth's Climate History An international team of scientists, funded by the European Union collaborated and named the project Beyond EPICA (in reference to an earlier project that didn’t go quite as deep).
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
According to the New York Times, the NWS’s Los Angeles office had only used such a warning twice before that: both in 2020, also in reference to Santa Ana winds.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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“In reference to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20reference%20to. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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