- present participle of refine.
refining
Example Sentences
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“We displaced international crudes with domestic grades into our refining system and sold the international barrels into tight overseas markets,” Brian Mandell, a Phillips 66 executive, told investors in April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
LeCun says that AMI Labs will spend the rest of this year refining their AI model and next year hopes that it will be put to use, at first in industrial settings.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
That has more to do with a complicated web of seasonal gas-market quirks, refining margins and exports, and unabated demand.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
Only later did I realize that much of what sounded spontaneous was a pitch he had been refining in years of promotional interviews and farm tours.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
With most of the slaves working the mines, and only a few toiling inside the ramshackle refining sheds, the giant yard was almost deserted.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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