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The phrase "the word refers" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used when discussing the meaning or usage of a specific word in a sentence or piece of writing. Example: In this sentence, the word "love" refers to a strong feeling of affection and attachment towards someone or something.
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The word refers to the bitterness, derived from quinine, that unifies this disparate group of liqueurs.
But the word refers to where the nightlife is, and it stuck in my head.
In clause (8), the word "refers" is substituted for the words "shall be construed to refer".
In Scotland the word refers particularly to a member of the bar of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates.
The word refers to the partly artificial notion of a people who share a language, history, religion, ethnicity and culture.
Bebop is the group's lingua franca, though the word refers here to an aesthetic practice rather than a historical style.
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The word referred to photographs, not murder.
To what does the word refer?
c) Does the word refer to an item of furniture?
The word referred to an oratoriolum, or oriel window, forming a feature of the earlier property.
In the book, he integrated letters with images through a system that matched the color of the characters in the story with the word referring to them.
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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.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com