It wasn't referencing that, but if it had been, such references are extremely common in Western culture.
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Referencing
Synonyms for "referencing" (23 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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11 entriescitationcitation practicecross referencedata linkingdocument linkingdocumentationdocumentation techniquelinguistic functionreferencereference practicesemantic relation
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13 entriesAPA referencingHarvard referencingacademic referencingbibliographic referencingcitation practicescross referencingin text citationin text referencingin-text referencingproper referencingreference listreferencing stylescholarly referencing
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3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
And what conversation becomes then is a sustained strip or tract of referencings, each referencing tending to bear, but often deviously, some retrospectively perceivable connection to the immediately preceding one.
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