refinement
Example Sentences
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For carrion birds, war is a time of plenty, and Neriya senses that her adoption by the crows is a sort of refinement indulged in a thriving colony.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"There's going to be a refinement process," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Zumthor also seemed deeply pleased with the moment, saying, “I’ve always been happy,” and emphasized that working in L.A. taught him to embrace a certain frontier-like lack of refinement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The start of the campaign "marked the culmination of months, and in some cases, years, of deliberate planning and refinement against this particular target set."
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
A musk ox of his refinement cannot spend the day traipsing up and down, getting his fur all sweaty and unmanageable.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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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