- plural of hone.
hones
Example Sentences
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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
As with most geniuses, he was complicated, and “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s long-in-the-works biopic, hones in on that knottiness in its focus on Bernstein’s marriage to Chilean-born actress Felicia Montealegre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Fleming said what differentiates her from an agent is an agent focuses on market information while she hones in on emotion.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
It stood between the stables, for fifty hones, and the cowsheds.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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