refine
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Kambamura said PLZ had also nearly completed a plant to refine lithium carbonate, the next point along the processing sequence.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
When it comes to engaging fans when bums are on seats, in stadiums or at home, there is a need to refine communication and marketing strategies.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The researchers now plan to refine the method so the system can cover an even broader viewing range.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Marcus first published his conclusions on “electron transfer reactions” in 1956 and continued to refine them over the next nine years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
If one accepts the premises and definitions, one must accept what follows from them, but one can frequently reject premises or refine definitions or choose a different mathematical approach.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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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
Sherritt’s interests in Cuba include Moa, an equal venture with General Nickel Co. of Cuba that mines, processes and refines nickel and cobalt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Edwin Chen, whose 6-year-old business Surge AI refines AI models, is the wealthiest of the new class of AI billionaires, worth about $18 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
Then there’s the looming threat of “vibe coding,” a term coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy in 2025, in which AI generates and refines code using natural-language prompts.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
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
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With the additional funds, Dangote said the company is aiming to reduce "Africa's reliance on imported refined products" and strengthen the "continent's energy security."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
As a result, crude supply has recovered faster than refined products supply over the past months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"More research is needed to confirm our findings and to investigate if other refined sugar alternatives, such as applesauce, honey, maple syrup or coconut sugar, may be effective alternatives."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Yet I’ve spared no expense on what I find a more refined sound system in my Volvo, which I now use more and more for audio books than music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
In time, as with Newtonian mechanics, the “central dogma” of genetics would be vastly refined, modified, and reformulated.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Nigeria's Dangote mega-refinery Thursday said it has secured $2.5 billion in investment from private investors to fund its expansion plans, as it widens its refining business to east Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
That has taken more than a third of Russian’s refining capacity offline, and Russian diesel exports fell to around half the level at the same time last year, Gilks said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Both Urbanova and Ingbretson are fuelled by the love of competing and train all year - lifting weights, jogging, doing other cardio and refining their axe skills.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
You should be, because energy companies are making more money refining crude oil into gasoline than they have in years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He had been refining his sketches of Persepolis ever since we got back.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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