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honed

[hohnd] / hoʊnd /










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

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The deal could be the start of a bigger move to share weaponry that Ukraine has honed during its war with Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

One of the marvels of this novel is how effortlessly such sentences land, despite being honed to perfection.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Once alerted to the allegations against her, investigators seem to have honed in quickly on Zhykovych, 50, and Reut, 34, using Berezovska's phone records.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

That stage of Loomis’s life ended with World War I. At the age of twenty-nine, he enlisted in the officer’s corps, where his mathematical skills, honed at Yale, were promptly put to the test.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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