refinement
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Cathy Vickers is head of innovation at the UK’s National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, which is part of the scheme.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024
In fact, as historian Richard Bushman has argued in his pathbreaking book, “The Refinement of America,” there was a lot of refinement in this country as Americans learned to appropriate and adapt European taste.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2016
Refinement is the last part of a project.
From Nature • Jul. 10, 2013
“Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington brings together 28 of his feats of painterly technique and his only known drawing.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2012
Refinement applies either to nations or individuals, denoting the removal of what is coarse and rude, and a corresponding attainment of what is delicate, elegant, and beautiful.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Vocabulary lists containing refinement
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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"The Mixer" by P.G. Wodehouse
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