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hones

  • plural
    of hone.
    hone
    verb (used with object)
    to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect.

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And he is now just two appearances away from equalling Peter Shilton's mark of 125 international appearances as he hones in on becoming England's most capped player ever.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Even as Cursor hones in on Composer, the company’s model-agnostic platform remains a key selling point, according to Ram Bala, professor of AI and analytics at Santa Clara University.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Even as China hones its formal sanctions toolkit, it still turns to informal methods when legal and political justification is thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

Brotherhood further hones that portrayal by writing John as a man making the same uneasy bargain to reengage with strangers as the rest of us.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025

It stood between the stables, for fifty hones, and the cowsheds.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White