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It provides free, unstructured customer feedback, a place to test ideas and a space to hone the communities that so many CMOs tell me they want to build.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

"Many are good providers, but some are bad. That's the nature of a government scheme: people will hone in on it and try and slice off amounts for themselves."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

McDuffie and Watson have helped Adams and fellow star receiver Puka Nacua hone their skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Her family uprooted from Pennsylvania to Nashville when she was 14 "so that I could hone my craft in the songwriting capital of the world", she said at the New York ceremony.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The leashes of the hawks were plaited out of white hone leather.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Even as Cursor hones in on Composer, the company’s model-agnostic platform remains a key selling point, according to Ram Bala, professor of AI and analytics at Santa Clara University.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Even as China hones its formal sanctions toolkit, it still turns to informal methods when legal and political justification is thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

The Josh O’Connor-led drama “Rebuilding” hones in on a rancher whose property is destroyed by a wildfire, following him as he tries to find hope and community in the aftermath of devastation.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025

What follows are musical snapshots of an artist, who on the lam from himself, hones a style that will forever change the landscape of modern music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

When he wasn’t digging up old hones, Archie Brubaker was teaching at universities in the East.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

A scholarship to Sedbergh School - "posh", in Brook's words - was where he honed his game, with 6.20am nets run by former Kent player Martin Speight.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

It is a technique honed in all forms of cricket at the highest level.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Some corporate tech leaders are dipping into their toolbox for cost-control strategies honed during the rise of cloud computing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“It’s more the norm in Ireland and Great Britain — we all do shows at Edinburgh Fringe, and that’s where I honed that skill.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

We honed our egos on her, padded our characters with her frailty, and yawned in the fantasy of our strength.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

The 19-year-old, sporting a budding beard, usually operates from home, filling lulls by watching the TV show Criminal Minds or honing his drone-flying skills on a simulator.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Unlike most of his predecessors, he had not spent decades honing his political skills and building alliances with colleagues.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Schools sharpen students’ thinking and research skills, he noted, but higher education hasn’t been as good at honing students’ applied skills — and for AI, that includes knowing when to responsibly use the technology.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

By drawing a young audience and honing in on original storytelling, these two horror films are clearing a new path in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

I accomplished a lot in three days, even putting a new edge on Timothy’s knife by honing it on coral.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor