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Discover LudwigThe phrase "passing references" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when mentioning something briefly or in a casual manner without going into detail. Example: "In her speech, she made several passing references to her previous work experience."
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There are passing references in Animal Farm.
There are some passing references to Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika.
Over the weekend Austria's politicians made only passing references to his politics.
There are also only passing references in this book to James's involvement with the black church.
The song makes only passing references to the Klan or racism.
A number of works contain more than passing references to old masters.
The current guidelines written by Anatrella make only passing references to prevention policies.
So too are Manet and Degas, but only passing references to van Gogh and Cézanne, Baudelaire not having advocated them.
Mrs. Clinton provided only passing references to herself, opening the evening by mentioning the second birthday of her granddaughter, Charlotte.
But ploughing further through Karina's press cuttings, one finds passing references to infidelity, a miscarriage, an overdose of barbiturates.
He unself-consciously made passing references to life after death that could have come from the most old-fashioned pastor.
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