How to Use reference point in a Sentence

reference point

noun

• And so just to give you a reference point, the jobless rate was 3.7% in May.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
• When this album came out in ’02, this was the reference point for scene bands.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 June 2023
• To provide a common reference point, measure up 8 inches from the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck.
  — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
• Most wide-calf boots start around 16 inches as a reference point.
  — Annie O'Sullivan, goodhousekeeping.com, 10 June 2023
• So that became a big reference point for the [season one] finale where the locals rise up against the Empire.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
• Early on, Gerwig used the Bee Gees and ’70s discos as a reference point for Ronson.
  — Maria Sherman, Fortune, 18 July 2023
• The last frost date across the state varies by a few weeks, but as a handy reference point, Central Maryland tends to see its final frost around Mother’s Day.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
• That’s because there is often no independent reference point when the plane is in the sky.
  — Sara Nelson, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
• This is actually the mean solar day, which uses the center of the sun’s disk as a reference point and is an average of every day of the year.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
• Jacobs recommends starting from a reference point, which is the middle of the painting’s height.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Some patients bring in a favorite lip liner or a photo, so Ueda showed her favorite lip gloss as a reference point.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2023
• Even if the spending fight and a shutdown do hold risk for Republicans, Self had another reference point in mind.
  — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Archaeologists did not specify how tall the newfound tomb is but the roughly 30-foot-tall Queen’s Tomb next to it serves as a reference point.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
• Having the books as a reference point encouraged Lautner to begin hitting the gym after filming the first movie, 2008's Twilight.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
• While the causes of the decrease in coyotes are unknown, this data can be used as a reference point to find out how the permanent steel bollard border wall impacts wildlife.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2023
• The system also works with the Nest smart home family of tools, offering a reference point for people trying to locate a product in their home.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
• For a reference point, check out Friday and Saturday’s losses.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2023
• At least in the music industry, Ross is the reference point for glamor, beauty, elegance and boldness.
  — Jenni Moore | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• The central bank said Tuesday that its 1% cap on the 10-year Japanese government bond yield would now be considered a reference point, rather than a hard limit.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
• While Cooper voices the talking raccoon, Gunn's actions served as a reference point so that visual effects artists know where Rocket is at all times.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
• But those who see a mostly centrist Spain use the same historical reference point for their argument.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 22 July 2023
• Everyone knows that the book was loosely based on Fleetwood Mac, and so Lindsey Buckingham was the obvious reference point.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
• Many wine drinkers’ lone reference point for Beaujolais is the barely drinkable plonk that arrives on our shores around Thanksgiving every year.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 12 May 2024
• Using Earth’s geologic history as a reference point will help determine what, if anything, could have lived on Mars in the past.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 July 2023
• Phillies superstar Bryce Harper could be a reference point for Trevor Story's return timeline.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
• That makes for an odd reference point for this kind of material: Malick’s cinema is nothing if not compassionate, while Asphalt City is mired in the misery of its milieu.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
• Nostalgia was a common reference point this season, too, though interpreted in a myriad of ways.
  — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
• Carcamo identified the subject of Perez’s mini-doc, which became a reference point on debates about immigration reform.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• Again, however, the clock was ticking, and Bound had to decide how much faith to put in coordinates recorded by Worsley at a time when a whiteout had been obscuring the horizon — a necessary reference point for an accurate sextant reading.
  — Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
• This experience has formed in part and parcel the Kurdish national consciousness and remains a reference point for Kurdish nationalism.
  — Galip Dalay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2017

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