refine
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LA28 said more tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for every sport next year as organizers refine venue layouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event and refine techniques for tracking objects in space," the US agency said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Genetic testing could help doctors distinguish stable disease from cancers that are likely to progress, refine uncertain diagnoses and guide the development of more precise treatments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Like Snap, LinkedIn said it is not rejecting the use of AI entirely and users that use AI tools to "refine" their posts should not get caught up in efforts to combat AI slop.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“We can sculpt and shape the neural circuits to refine the brain. We can drastically improve people’s abilities. “This is my dream.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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The creative team then reviews and refines multiple AI-generated versions of a scene before deciding which expressions and line readings best serve the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Middle Eastern producers can’t get their crude oil to Asia, which normally refines the oil into fuel and sends it to Europe and elsewhere.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
China mines about 70% and refines 90% of the world’s rare earths, which are used in electronics, cars, medical imaging, missiles, fighter jets and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Edwin Chen, whose 6-year-old business Surge AI refines AI models, is the wealthiest of the new class of AI billionaires, worth about $18 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The center, based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, repeatedly refined its calculations until it identified the expected impact location.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
However, Statistics Canada noted International Energy Agency data showed that refined product markets remained tight, pushing petroleum refinery margins to four-year highs in early July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The recent subdued action in crude belies a bigger problem brewing in refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
But every time I ask it, the question is refined.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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“The renewed rise in oil and gas prices, persistently elevated refining margins, the gradual withdrawal of government support and unfavorable base effects all point to sustained energy inflation pressures,” they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Using those measurements, it calculated Starling's position while also refining the estimated locations of other objects in space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Greenock was also known for sugar refining, at one point boasting 15 refineries, earning it the nickname Sugaropolis.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The US government has been pouring money into the development of companies specializing in separation, refining and magnet production.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
It is simply that he was hoping to weather the trouble by refining to become conscious of it.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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