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refine

[ri-fahyn] / rɪˈfaɪn /




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“We work to make ads relevant and useful to people on Pinterest, and we regularly refine that experience based on feedback.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

In Twitch's own FAQs about AI training, it said a person's audio might be used to "refine models that create speech to text".

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

From that point on, Rideaux kept returning to the studio to soak up game, observe Hussle’s creative process and refine his craft.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

"NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event and refine techniques for tracking objects in space," the US agency said.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

To rehearse and refine the procedure, Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Emmett took human skulls home at night and practiced cutting them up.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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

Dangote refines both Nigerian and imported oil, so it is exposed to world market fluctuations.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

China mines about 70% and refines 90% of the world’s rare earths, which are used in electronics, cars, medical imaging, missiles, fighter jets and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 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

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

Unlike North Sea oil, most of which is exported and then reimported in various refined forms, almost all North Sea gas is used domestically in the UK.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Geopolitical factors are difficult to predict, but it expects refined product markets to remain tight, supporting continued out-sized cash generation for the foreseeable future.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Jeff Currie, a well-established commentator on commodity markets and a senior advisor at the Carlyle Group, warned investors about refined products a few weeks ago.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

He wore the perfectly cut frock coat and vest of all Kerch merchants—dark, refined, deliberately staid.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

“We are removing layers, simplifying team structures, refining our global location strategy, and focusing our people and investments against the biggest opportunities ahead of us,” Khosrowshahi said in his letter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“We’re buying tar from Venezuela, and we’re refining it in Houston,” he complained.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

Serious bottlenecks have shifted to the refining stages, with the margins that oil refiners demand for producing fuels like gasoline, heating oil and diesel climbing to records in recent weeks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Natural gas is a critical input for nitrogen fertilizer, while oil refining and gas processing produce much of the sulfur needed for phosphate fertilizer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

They batted it back and forth, debating, refining, and quickly working out what would come to be known as the Teller-Ulam configuration.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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