refinement

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By the turn of the 20th century, engineers added another critical refinement: counterweights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The start of the campaign "marked the culmination of months, and in some cases, years, of deliberate planning and refinement against this particular target set."

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

"With further refinement, these methodologies have the potential to predict symptom onset accurately enough that we could use it in individual clinical care."

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

It reflects disparities in who designs and builds these systems, what datasets they draw from and which incentives drive their refinement.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Her first step towards refinement was to take her children out of the Catholic Sunday School and put them in the Episcopal Sunday School.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith