refines

present tense third-person singular of refine

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Recent Examples of refines Its software scours data from thousands of different plants, looking for chemicals that might be useful for new treatments, which the company then refines and tests. Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Since the 2021 release of the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro flagship smartphones, Hasselblad has provided OnePlus (and its parent firm Oppo) with its digital imaging technology, which refines and improves the images taken on its smartphones' cameras. Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025 The high milk content and prolonged conching (which refines and polishes the chocolate) of this 33 percent bar results in melt-in-your-mouth creaminess. Rebecca L. Rhoades, Saveur, 20 Aug. 2025 India buys Russian oil at a discount due to sanctions, refines it into gasoline and diesel, and then sells the product back to regions that have sanctioned Moscow such as Europe, said Matt Smith, an oil market analyst at Kpler. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025 As Ukraine experiments with swarms of autonomous interceptors and Russia refines jamming tactics, both sides are betting on training pipelines that can absorb new hardware in months, not years. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025 Pretraining is where most of the number crunching happens, and what follows is usually fine-tuning, which refines the model for specific tasks. Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025 Using the South Shore Cultural Center, a lakeshore landmark with rich historical and architectural significance, as a point of departure, Dyson extracts, reduces, and refines architectural and visual cues into geometric shapes and painterly abstractions. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 The v2 refines the footwear style with a fresh outsole, midsole and upper in addition to upper mesh offering greater breathability, a bigger heel clip enhancing stability as well as an external shank underfoot providing extra torsional stability. Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refines
Verb
  • At the same time, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is among those who forecast 50% of entry-level jobs may be wiped out by AI as the technology improves, including being able to work eight-hour shifts without a break.
    Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Maria’s relationship with Sylvia improves, as well as with the deputy head Sam (Jacob Anderson, completely unrecognizable from his Game of Thrones era), with whom Maria used to be in a romantic relationship.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In addition, the Pilot Pack ($3,400) enhances the Polestar 2’s safety features with 360-degree cameras, adaptive cruise control and more.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Treating technology migration and cultural integration as complementary strategies reduces friction and enhances adoption.
    Benjamin Niaulin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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