refine
Example Sentences
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Sweeping US tariffs introduced last year helped send copper prices soaring to record highs, as companies rushed to buy both semi-finished and refined stocks.
From Barron's
The loss of oil refining capacity in the UK meant a greater need to import refined products like petrol, which comes in on smaller tankers.
From BBC
By combining fresh telescope data with more than a decade of archived observations, scientists were able to test and refine long standing theories about how the most massive stars end their lives.
From Science Daily
The company in November made the decision to push ahead with a $1.4 billion expansion of its core network to boost deliveries of Canadian heavy oil and reach key refining markets in the U.S.
"Our experimental results indicate that existing theoretical models need to be refined to fully capture the observed phenomena," says Wrachtrup.
From Science Daily
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