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- adjective Capable of being
refined
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Examples
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What is more, taste is educable and refinable, and its use as the model for aesthetic sensitivity is fully warranted.
Tastes and Pleasures 2007
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April 25th, 2006 at 7:44 pm o.k., class: 1. the world is running out of oil. it is happening. easily refinable oil is especially scarce light sweet crude.
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The region from the Gulf of Guinea to Sudan is becoming the subject of fierce competition by energy companies in a new scramble for Africa - for its high-quality, easily refinable oil.
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As to quality, in spite of rather too high a sulphur content, Middle Eastern oil is perfectly manageable, pumpable and refinable.
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Genetically modified bacteria that munch on sugar to produce refinable fuels could bring down the cost of switching to cleaner energy.
Latest Articles 2010
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Remember how the US committed to uranium rather than thorium fission, thus guaranteeing as a 'side effect' a source of large amounts of refinable plutonium.
RealClimate Doug Bostrom 2010
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Genetically modified bacteria that munch on sugar to produce refinable oil could bring down the cost of switching to cleaner liquid fuels
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Genetically modified bacteria that munch on sugar to produce refinable oil could bring down the cost of switching to cleaner liquid fuels
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Genetically modified bacteria that munch on sugar to produce refinable oil could bring down the cost of switching to cleaner liquid fuels
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Endlessly refinable, PECOTA looked a year ago like the irresistible future of baseball prognostication.
unknown title 2009
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