refine
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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
There are still many questions around the project in Kenya, not least where it will source the oil to refine and how it will be financed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Russia, one of the world's biggest oil producers, is struggling to refine enough fuel to meet domestic demand.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I know. It never does. Anyway, what I want, Jake, is your full cooperation. We must become true partners in this enterprise so I can refine and replicate my formulas.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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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
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
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
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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
Unlike crude exports that have been partially rerouted through pipelines to the Red Sea or Gulf of Oman, refined product exports have few alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
Europe has curbed refined capacity over the past five to 10 years, and other regions of the world, such as Latin America, have underinvested in their refining capacity, Selesky said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
I don't have anything so refined as pure oxygen flow.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
Aipa was the grandson of iconic shaper Ben Aipa, known for pioneering surfboard styles such as the sting and refining the design of the swallowtail in the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Goldman worked on his decision tree for years, steadily refining and perfecting it.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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