Synonyms for refining
re·fin·ing

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1. refining, refinement, purificationnoun

   the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

   Synonyms:
   purgation, nicety, culture, elaboration, shade, subtlety, civilization, cultivation, polish, nuance, civilisation, finish, refinement, purification

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1. • Processing

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1. List of paraphrases for "refining":

   refinery, refinement, refine, refineries, grow-out, smelting, fine-tune

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1. Richard Gorry:

   For crude, there's a structural change, going from fairly balanced to an oversupply, for products...demand has not collapsed, (it's) just a tendency of oversupply of refining capacity and slower demand than had hoped for.

2. Bruce Winder:

   They need to continue to invest in innovation and brand management, while refining processes to manage inventory and other business controls to build efficiency.

3. Ian Taylor:

   Gasoline is coming back with a vengeance. Refining margins are not as bad as we had feared.

4. Jose Manuel Carrera:

   This is great news, it will allow refining in both countries to be more efficient.

5. Richard Teague:

   By having two independent teams simultaneously arrive at the same conclusions really lends weight to the result, there's definitely going to be a lot of refining going on to improve the methods but these two results show that it's really something we should be investing time in.