distill
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Allow us to distill some relevant facts that he omits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Patience; communication, organizational and presentation skills; the ability to distill complex ideas; and project-management skills are all qualities and skills that can be valuable in many other professions.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
Like “The Pitt,” “St. Denis Medical” and “Scrubs” distill the unique relationships between doctors, nurses and patients.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
If prediction markets distill the wisdom of the crowd, a larger crowd makes for more accurate predictions.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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