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The word "refinement" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you are referring to the act of making something more precise, elegant, or subtle. For example: "The chef was proud of the refinement he had achieved with the recipe."
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Refinement
noun
The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
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"I would say there's a certain refinement process.
But the prose has little of Proust's delicate refinement.
But, he realised, it's just a refinement of its aims: just like any company, it wants to build a "moat" – a unique selling point that protects it from would-be rivals undercutting or displacing it.
But a statement issued on behalf of women in the sect by a local Belz women's organisation said they felt "extremely privileged and valued to be part of a community where the highest standards of refinement, morality and dignity are respected".
Lloyd's, a Grade I listed 80s classic, looks steampunk next to the newcomer's greater refinement.
Separately, Daly is leading a group of activist shareholders calling on Exxon to come up with a plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions – not just emissions from extraction and refinement processes, but also from Exxon fuel products.
These edifices of sound – though disturbingly dissonant for an audience in 1913 – are chosen with impeccable refinement, and they underpin the score's complete arc with a structural surety on an almost Beethovenian level.
"My hand trembles, my heart palpitates... he's six foot high, with the body of an athlete by Praxiteles and a face – oh incredible – the mystery of Botticelli, the refinement and delicacy of a Chinese print... ...... Mallory was then 23, and Strachey 29.
Their passing game lacked its usual refinement and they were hampered by an injury to Matej Vydra that meant their leading scorer hobbled through much of the first half and did not come back out after the interval.
We've nurtured this look for some time before exporting it – Benedict Cumberbatch may look like an otter, but he is notable as a heartthrob for his very un-bestiality, his refinement, his piano player's hands, his indoor complexion, his humming brain.
An Evans session at a night club had an almost reverential air, as the rapt audience leaned forward to catch every delicate note, each piquant voicing that distinguished a refinement unique in jazz.
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