reference values

[ rĕf′ər-əns, rĕf′rəns ]

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A set of laboratory test values obtained from an individual or from a group in a defined state of health.

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In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
With time this land had mounted to great values and the holders had been made well-to-do thereby.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Had he not meant the Fleet to shove in K. must have made some reference to the second Division, surely.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
For convenience of reference I now give the figure Alphabet tabulated.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
She made no reference, for instance, to the fact that they might be frequently alone together now.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood