refinement
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Catherine Earnshaw, raised in the “disorderly, comfortless” gothic abode of Wuthering Heights, is seduced by the refinement of the neighboring Thrushcross Grange, “a splendid place carpeted with crimson.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I'm not rigid about development, improvement and refinement.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Zumthor also seemed deeply pleased with the moment, saying, “I’ve always been happy,” and emphasized that working in L.A. taught him to embrace a certain frontier-like lack of refinement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
"With further refinement, these methodologies have the potential to predict symptom onset accurately enough that we could use it in individual clinical care."
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
Lancelot now that you could see him clearly, was an erect refinement of humanity—a fanatic for human responsibility.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing refinement
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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"The Mixer" by P.G. Wodehouse
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