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"obligatory reference" is an appropriate phrase to use in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that must be included in a document or report, especially when it is an ethical requirement or an acknowledgement that is necessary. For example, "The author made an obligatory reference to the original source of the research."
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There was the obligatory reference to the NHS being safe in Tory hands.
OBLIGATORY DRUG REFERENCE -- See Trademark, and Obligatory Reference to Sexual Prowess.
There seems to be an obligatory reference to Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
OBLIGATORY REFERENCE TO SEXUAL PROWESS -- Mr. Lee opens Tommyland by interviewing the body part he is most proud of.
OBLIGATORY REFERENCE TO SEXUAL PROWESS -- "Then I had to go do some errands, and I left my little sex kitten purring contentedly under the covers".
First there was the obligatory reference to "hard working families", a term so over-used that Matthew Parris quipped the three words should run together as one.
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There are obligatory references to L.A. traffic, which apparently gets even worse during Martian invasions.
We are spared the obligatory references to Creedence Clearwater Revival and Janis Joplin.
The obligatory references include concentration camps, chain gangs, the gulag, refugees of all nationalities and denominations, forced marches.
The two also talk, at some length, about the EU – once again with the seemingly obligatory references to Hitler and Churchill.
Instead, Tesco gave us Harris + Hoole, which was pitched at the "artisan" end of the market, complete with obligatory references to being "passionate" about coffee.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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