refine
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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 findings could eventually help clinicians refine psilocybin treatments for people with mental health conditions.
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
Of course, within those strictures, conservatives may refine and advance as well as conserve, as Mr. Alexander’s score card attests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Oh no, did you go back to putting ketchup on your eggs again? I work so hard to refine your palate!”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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
The company refines its AI model using input from customers, who say they like knowing that a package arrived while they were in a meeting or that a family member got home safely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Middle Eastern producers can’t get their crude oil to Asia, which normally refines the oil into fuel and sends it to Europe and elsewhere.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 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
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
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
Add it all up and the world has lost about 5 million barrels a day of refined products or around 5% of supply, according to analysts at Citigroup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
When Don Lucho finds out we’re practicing refined manners, after a lot of teasing, he lends me Modem Etiquette, a well- worn paperback with water-stained, yellowed pages.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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Dangote plans to more than double the refining capacity of its Nigerian operations from 650,000 bpd to 1.4 million bpd -- making it the largest refinery globally, surpassing India's Jamnagar Refinery.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Equinor said its earnings were boosted by a strong oil trading result and refining performance.
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
Francis’ grumbles did not disturb me, however, because further refining of our latest backbone without a solution to the bases would not represent a real step forward.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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