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referrals

  • plural
    of referral.
    referral
    noun
    an act of referring; the state of being referred.

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County Department of Children and Family Services had received referrals involving Xuan and Zhang seven times between 2019 and 2025, but didn’t act to take the children out of the home until last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

And, as hearings go on, they’ll issue criminal referrals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Medicare Advantage plans offer extra benefits such as vision and dental coverage and cap annual out-of-pocket costs but have a limited choice of doctors and extra requirements for specialist referrals.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

It also said the proportion of Welsh patients progressing from referral for some types of surgery was "significantly lower" than across the border, while the rate of surgery referrals was "significantly higher".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

With this class, though, she’s probably going to have a fatter stack of referrals.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers