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. List of paraphrases for "refining":

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

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1. Steve Maraboli:

   You are a reflection of nature. You should always be upgrading, refining, and improving."

2. Andy Lipow:

   The crude oil market is being supported by the Gulf of Mexico production shut-in. ... It is going to look to see if Tropical Storm Barry becomes a major flooding event that impacts the refining sector in Louisiana and impacts gas and diesel.

3. Industry Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh:

   Some downstream (companies) like petrochemical industries or refining industries, they are all either privatised or the ones left are going to be privatised.

4. Andrew Lipow:

   The market was led up by a significant draw in crude oil as the refining industry continues to turn the crude oil surplus into refined products.

5. Trilby Lundberg:

   In the absence of any significant rise in crude oil prices, which have been quite stable over more than two months, the flush supply and high refining capacity utilization in the U.S. has offset the impact of our robustly growing gasoline demand.