refinement
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"We want to bring glamour, we want to bring refinement, we want to bring grace back," Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"There's going to be a refinement process," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Zumthor also seemed deeply pleased with the moment, saying, “I’ve always been happy,” and emphasized that working in L.A. taught him to embrace a certain frontier-like lack of refinement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The company has historically fetishized refinement, isolation and effortlessness—summed up in the company’s favorite word, “waftability.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
After several rounds of refinement in the Langley wind tunnels, the Mustang achieved its apotheosis with the P-51D.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing refinement
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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"The Mixer" by P.G. Wodehouse
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