honed

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His work as a musician in the years before he turned to filmmaking honed his understanding of audiences and sense of showmanship.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Their songs weave in Irish lilting, set against a lively mix of drums, fiddles, flutes, harps, banjos, cello and concertina - skills honed over years of playing house parties, pub céilís and traditional festivals.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

As historian Rick Perlstein related in “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America,” Nixon’s anti-communist agit-prop, honed over many decades, was sincere — but it was only part of the story.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

As the contest to succeed Powell heated up last year, Warsh honed an elevator pitch tuned to Trump’s ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

She was a deductive mastermind, he supposed, but her gift wasn’t honed from training her mind for acute observation.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles