as in to apply
to have a relation or connection
I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation
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Recent Examples of refer
Tisch has referred further questions about the case to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which has yet to comment.
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Michael D. Carroll and Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
The firm referred the case to psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Center.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith's team has withdrawn from their appeal of the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump's co-defendants and referred the case to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, according to a court filing Monday afternoon.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Current clients brought their friends and adult children referred their parents.
—Sarah Handel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Michael D. Carroll and Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
The firm referred the case to psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Center.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith's team has withdrawn from their appeal of the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump's co-defendants and referred the case to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, according to a court filing Monday afternoon.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Current clients brought their friends and adult children referred their parents.
—Sarah Handel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Firefly Bulk Create is powered by Adobe Firefly Services, a set of APIs for generative AI tasks such as resizing assets, or swapping backgrounds, and applying the changes to thousands of pieces of content with one action.Joan Verdon, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Previously, the perk only applied to members of Starbucks’ loyalty program.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sources with knowledge of the investigation told The Times officials were aware of the earlier fire and its general proximity to the starting point of the Palisades fire, and looking into whether they are related.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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In 2021 and 2022, there were 50 and 55 crashes, respectively, that were alcohol related, according to city data.Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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On one hand, the injunction pertains only to Pavia.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Charges pertaining to the fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, were brought in January of this year.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Refer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refer. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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