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The phrase "about a reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a topic or subject related to a specific reference or source of information.
Example: "In this section, we will provide insights about a reference that supports our argument."
Alternatives: "regarding a reference" or "concerning a reference".
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The interviewer asked about a reference in the book to King singing rap songs.
Writer tells about a reference book in his house and quotes film editor Walter Murch.
"If we were ever talking about a reference, it was to Hitchcock.
He added that he vaguely recalled having spoken about a reference to Salinger in his play "Six Degrees of Separation".
In it Trobisch was talking about a reference in the Book of Proverbs to God as "wisdom," a word that in Greek calls for a feminine noun.
"How on earth did you dig that out?" Lunt asked about a reference to their two weeks in a Washington summer stock company.
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Find a good book about spying as a reference.
Or, as Ó Briain puts it: "You scratch your head and say: 'I don't know what Poindexter is talking about'" – a reference to the scientist from the Felix the Cat cartoons, typically attired in lab coat, Coke-bottle glasses and mortarboard.
Not long ago, I read, in a book about therapy, a reference to a distinguished older analyst who made a point of going to sleep in front of his patients.
Google's focus seems to be more about creating a reference design with a new Linux-based mobile OS than entering the highly-competitive mobile handset market itself.
Do not even think for a moment about inserting a reference to 18 holes.
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