refinement
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“The near-term priority remains product and user experience refinement, a strategy that is dragging advertising revenue in the near-term and is expected to persist into 2H,” it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Silicon technology has benefited from decades of refinement, allowing manufacturers to produce dielectric materials capable of controlling progressively smaller devices.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
"We want to bring glamour, we want to bring refinement, we want to bring grace back," Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
I'm not rigid about development, improvement and refinement.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
I’m a woman of great character and integrity and refinement.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The exterior has refinements to distinguish its front from its rear and a new speaker and microphone in the door interface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Medvedev believes the core mechanism behind the zebra stripes is now largely understood, though further refinements may improve precision.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
On Tuesday, Bass’ office did not immediately explain what the refinements were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
Carter Chapman, Kemp’s spokesperson, said Monday that the Kemp administration remains committed to Pathways and making refinements to meet the health care needs of Georgians.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
On the other hand, it is evident that when princes have given more thought to delicate refinements than to military concerns, they have lost their state.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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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