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[hohn] / hoʊn /


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We also need to support lifetime training to help workers hone the skills that can’t be automated or substituted with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

McIlroy's biggest challenge this week will come from world number one and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who skipped Quail Hollow to hone his skills for the Aronimink test.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Unilever’s deal with McCormick, separating out its food business, is part of its larger strategy shift to hone in on beauty, personal-care and home products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The job helped hone his ability to understand customers, a core foundation of Netflix’s user-driven, candor-obsessed culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

My aunt Anne in her nurse's uniform, my aunt Ada in her university sweater Buckeye to the hone .

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson




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