Words similar to referent

Example sentences for: referent

How can you use “referent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

, those who did not report to have used aspirin at least once a week for at least one year) served as the referent category throughout the logistic regression analyses.
The ambiguity probably arose from She/He taught her/him everything she/he knows (about something specified), in which the referent of the second She/he is ambiguous: common sense dictates that it refer to the subject of the sentence, not to the her or him, thus yielding the more reasonable She taught him everything she knows or He taught her everything she knows .
"That book" is the referent, but other nouns rush to and fro like big, scary buses.
The referent study population comprised 4,226 infants born between 1986-1991 to 7,564 female and 10,518 male participants in the New York State Angler Cohort Study (NYSACS).
I don't know about Canada, Australia, etc., but in the U.S. this kind of referent usage is considered a heinous illiteracy (by those who consider such matters), and those who wish to appear educated would be wise to avoid it.