hone in (on)

verb

Definition of hone in (on)next
as in to home (in on)

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  • Ellison’s projection, which came a few hours after the close of the Skydance merger, seemed to point in a different strategic direction than recent comments by Casey Bloys, head of HBO and HBO Max content.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But asking Muse to forget something does not necessarily erase the message in which it was shared—and its internal instructions appear to explicitly tell the agent not to point that out.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
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