as in to improve
to make better
worked on refining her backhand before the big tennis match
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The company is continuing to refine its technology, including experimenting with the large language models made by Google (also Alphabet-owned), The Verge reports.
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Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 1 Nov. 2024
In response, thriller writers continue to innovate and refine their pacing techniques.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Keep what matches your standards, refine your process, then increase volume.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And GitHub showed a technical preview of a feature named Spark that can compose app prototypes based on text input and refine the designs with a few clicks.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 1 Nov. 2024
In response, thriller writers continue to innovate and refine their pacing techniques.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Keep what matches your standards, refine your process, then increase volume.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And GitHub showed a technical preview of a feature named Spark that can compose app prototypes based on text input and refine the designs with a few clicks.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Refine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refine. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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