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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of referral
Explanation
A referral sends someone somewhere, often for help or advice. You'll need a referral from your doctor in order to see a specialist. You could also receive a referral for a job, if someone passes along your application. If you're dealing with a big company or institution, you might get tired of the endless referrals from one department to another. Remember that referral has two r's in the middle, “rr,” like a growl.
Vocabulary lists containing referral
"Efrén Divided" by Ernesto Cisneros, Chapters 1–5
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Example Sentences
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While published data on how many people are using AI to access abortion-related information falls short, many organizations are seeing referral traffic from AI.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
I highly recommend that Andy Pages get a referral for the same ophthalmologist that Max Muncy saw a few years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Doctors are changing their referral practices for the Watchman device because there has been a lot of evidence published in recent months about the risk of stroke for people with atrial fibrillation, Mahoney said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"We have been assisting regulators on this matter and provided evidence we collected, as we do in any referral."
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Then a sergeant came by and asked me to do a psych referral on a new inmate on V-gallery and paused to check his notepad for the cell number.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
In theory, the internal medicine or family medicine doctor oversees your preventive care, ongoing symptoms, chronic conditions, and referrals to specialists.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
“We see in our data the referrals from AI assistants,” Nall said.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some 71% of child referrals were found to have "no specific extremist ideology identified".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Ms. Nessel’s office says 22 referrals remain under review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
They would clip the article for a scrapbook of reviews, quote it for references and referrals.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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