refer
verb (used with object)
to direct for information or anything required.
had referred
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past perfectof refer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The White House did not respond to a request for comment about whether this was the email Melania Trump had referred to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Health Department, said in a post on X that his office had referred Hims & Hers to the Justice Department for potential violations of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
While it was already known that doctors had referred the case to COPFS, it was previously less clear if her death was being considered along with the other cases of hospital-acquired infections.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
And France's commissioner for children Sarah El Hairy said Tuesday she had referred Grok's generated images to French prosecutors, the Arcom media regulator and the European Union.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
A year or so earlier, in an unwarrantably self-deprecating paragraph of a letter to her brother Buddy, she had referred to her own figure as “irreproachably Americanese.”
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
