Refer
Refer verb - To have a relation or connection.
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Not Using the "Z" Word: Branagh banned the word "Monster" from being used on the set, and instead insisted everyone refer to De Niro's character as the "Sharp Featured Man".
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Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is set after "megainflation," and characters refer to "one trillion dollars" the same way we would refer to 10.
Source: Ridiculous Future Inflation - Mind Hive: The Sinzi, who grow an extra set of eyes for each mind and refer to themselves in acronyms.
Source: Literature / Species Imperative
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Refer & Set. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/refer/set>.
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