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refine

[ri-fahyn] / rɪˈfaɪn /




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AstraZeneca is partnering with Oracle to use artificial intelligence, cloud and data capabilities to refine clinical research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Moerner and Kueppers are continuing to refine the instrument, with the goal of eventually making it accessible to scientists across many areas of biology.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

While one group concentrated on preparing the Wide Field Instrument, another worked to refine the telescope's overall optical alignment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

There have, however, been deliberate changes in tactics and personnel, with the 53-year-old Tuchel looking to refine his blueprint rather than rewrite it from scratch.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mary helped her son refine the vehicle until they possessed something that could roll down the street with its pilot, as the racers were known, in the drivers seat.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The creative team then reviews and refines multiple AI-generated versions of a scene before deciding which expressions and line readings best serve the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

It mines bauxite, the raw material for aluminum, refines it into alumina powder, and operates smelters that turn alumina to finished aluminum.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

FactSet collects and refines data from official filings, news, sell-side research and fixed-income pricing, creating a high barrier for entry for new AI entrants.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 13, 2025

China mines about 70%, and refines 90%, of the world’s rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Meanwhile, olive oil consumption and eating fewer refined carbohydrates were associated with higher levels of SHMOOSE.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The practice, according to the report issued by commissioner Rob Manfred, was refined during the regular season and extended “throughout the postseason.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Getting oil to market remains expensive and risky, while shortages of refined fuels, particularly diesel, are adding to the pain for consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

If any of the refined products - such as diesel or jet fuel - were to be used in the UK, they would then to be reimported.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Not only was it speaking in an almost-human voice— and a refined British one at that—but it held in its jowly mouth a pipe and on its face wore a pair of round, green-tinted glasses.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

The petroleum refining sector returned to profitability, reporting earnings of 84.2 billion yuan, equivalent to $12.62 billion, compared with a loss a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Nearly 12% of the world’s fuel refining capacity is offline due to drone and missile attacks in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the U.A.E, as well as planned outages related to refinery maintenance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

One important advantage of the proposed technique is that scientists could begin investigating and refining it using ordinary biological samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

From there it would be sold on the international market and, most likely, taken to continental Europe for refining.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

I could see them toying with the idea of talking to us about it, see them refining how they’d do it, what exactly they’d say.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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