refines
- present tense form of refine (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Today, China refines more than 90% of the world’s rare earths, the International Energy Agency says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
China mines about 70% and refines 90% of the world’s rare earths, which are used in electronics, cars, medical imaging, missiles, fighter jets and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Edwin Chen, whose 6-year-old business Surge AI refines AI models, is the wealthiest of the new class of AI billionaires, worth about $18 billion.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
Then there’s the looming threat of “vibe coding,” a term coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy in 2025, in which AI generates and refines code using natural-language prompts.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
