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verb

past tense of refine

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of refined
Adjective
The main dining room felt more like a refined restaurant than a banquet hall. Lauren Dana Ellman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 Materials submitted by the restaurant group to the port describe the restaurant as offering a refined ambiance with plush seating and warm lighting. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
They are tailored for a purpose, crafted in partnership with the people who use them under pressure and refined by feedback from real-world emergencies. Divyaditya Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 These moments, once only imagined, can now be felt and refined in advance. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for refined
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refined
Adjective
  • Auto Best Take is an evolved version of Best Take.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Enid is too evolved to hold Sofia accountable for Bruno’s fuckery.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gerald Genta Minute Repeater A pure minute repeater – without other high watchmaking functions as part of a grand-complication package – is a rare thing.
    Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Invisible pollutants unleashed To simulate real-world conditions, the researchers placed unused masks in beakers of ultra-pure water and left them at room temperature for 24 hours.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Built with government backing, MICAS is part of a bid to attract more cultured and affluent travelers.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This suggests that whatever they are being used for is not happening often in these cultured cells.
    Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rows and rows of spacious houses with yards, everything new, tidy as can be imagined, with elegant transportation to and from the workplace right there—all for working people.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Posing next to Colman Domingo and Salma Hayek Pinault (who wore an elegant black Balenciaga suit dress), Moore’s glitzy look shone.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His celebration was subtle yet suave, a drop of his bat with a flick of his wrist.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This is clearly a quick screen and may not pick up more subtle issues.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Pieces includes such exquisite gemstones as a 79 carat aquamarine, pink sapphires, tsavorites, cabochon rubellites and diamonds.
    Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The rapper donned an exquisite gown by Gianni Versace sourced from Timeless Vixen, based in Beverly Hills, California.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Those physically-accurate models in the digital twin of the data center function exactly like their physical counterparts in the real world.
    Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The goal, administration officials said on a call with reporters Tuesday morning, is to use laws that are already on the books to ensure people receive transparent, accurate information about drugs, especially potential risk factors.
    Will McDuffie, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Green Bay improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2020.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For example, telling the AI chatbot to take on the persona of a clinician and asking it one question at a time improved the accuracy of its responses.
    Kate Ruder, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Refined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refined. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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