fleeting reference
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffleetingandreference
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fleeting
adjective
uk/ˈfliː.tɪŋ/us/ˈfliː.t̬ɪŋ/
short ...
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reference
noun
uk/ˈref.ər.əns/us/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition offleetingandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffleeting reference
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Fleeting references (i. 470 -7) to these issues are confined to illustrating missionary irritation at both.
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However, this argument is unsatisfactory, given the authors'fleetingreferenceto it and lack of additional information detailing what laboratory tests were conducted.
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In her answer, the child thus made onlyfleetingreferenceto the object of joint discourse attention (null reference or pronoun, as topic) and then said where it was.
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Onefleetingreferenceto its subject matter is not enough.
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If there is afleetingreference, to some cognate matter, without going into any detail, one would obviously allow it.
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It is proper to make afleetingreferenceto the additional element in the support given to the arts.
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I draw attention to the footnote at the bottom of page 10 and the ratherfleetingreferenceto it on page 18.
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I thought she made afleetingreferenceto it, but did not refer to it again.
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He did make afleetingreferenceto them, and said that 150,000 cases had been dealt with.
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Fleetingreferencehas been made to human rights.
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Paragraph 5 makes afleetingreferenceto the fact that any refurbishments or improvements at sub-post offices are the responsibility of the people who run them.
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Fleeting references (i. 470 -7) to these issues are confined to illustrating missionary irritation at both.
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Hawkes underscores the theme of entrapment imagistically, with fleeting references to a sparrow attacked by a hive of bees, a wasp trapped between panes of glass, and so on.
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