fine-grained
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The singer likes L.A., though she hasn’t quite “figured out my work life here,” she says, meaning a fine-grained understanding of “work friends vs. friend friends,” as she puts it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Such fine-grained analysis of fruit, if currently unripe, could also help inform forecasts of when it will be ripe.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
For the bill at Ocean Way, Goldenvoice broke from its usual fine-grained approach to genres and subcultural scenes for a broad but unmistakably beach-day-vibe collection of acts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Kristen Adam’s softly textured watercolors convey the dreamy quality of days spent on a beach, fine-grained sand underfoot and crisp blue waves hissing against the shore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Porcelain, a fine-grained translucent pottery, was invented in China around the 7th century A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing fine-grained
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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