Sentence examples for initially refers to from inspiring English sources

Now the externalist's intuition is that although Oscar's use of'water' on Twin Earth initially refers to water on Earth, over time it comes to denote XYZ.

The subheading initially referred to Angela Merkel as the German president.

It also initially referred to "frocking on the cuffs to denote his rank".

Abbott initially referred to Murphy, who appeared on the same programme, as John.

Tom was initially referred to child and adolescent mental health services, and then the Tavistock.

Mr. Santorum, too, had initially referred to the results in Iowa as a tie.

Patriotic prints and literature depicting the alleged event initially referred to "Captain Molly".

A passage that initially referred to mass killings being carried out "without impunity" should have read "with impunity".

The Clinton administration initially referred to Iraq, Iran and North Korea as "rogue states" and later shifted to a milder characterization, "states of concern".

As a result, in English, we find that children initially refer to the female parent as "mama".

*This piece initially referred to U.S. funding cuts to the U.N.F.P.A., which is an intergovernmental organization and not affected by the gag rule.