refine
Example Sentences
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Its sour, heavy crude is difficult to extract and refine, while its high sulphur content makes it corrosive to pipelines.
From BBC
It can capture your problem-solving approach: which questions you asked first, how you refined the search when initial attempts failed, potentially even the logical steps that led you from symptom to cause.
The team plans to refine this protocol and expand testing in larger multi-center trials.
From Science Daily
Sweeping US tariffs introduced last year helped send copper prices soaring to record highs, as companies rushed to buy both semi-finished and refined stocks.
From Barron's
The loss of oil refining capacity in the UK meant a greater need to import refined products like petrol, which comes in on smaller tankers.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
