: aware of and attentive or responsive to something
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… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …—
Clifford Krauss
Clifford Krauss… what's especially crucial is the mother's or caregiver's "sensitivity"—how attuned she is to her child's experience of the world.—Pamela Druckerman
Pamela Druckerman… disenchanted with a government that seems more attuned to the interests of big business and rural folk than to those of urban dwellers.—Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin O. ReischauerExamples of attuned in a Sentence
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Del Toro, perpetually attuned to the minutiae of process, turns the sinewy logistics of reanimation into a series of referendums on Victor’s humanity.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Governments and media outlets using imagery, alongside commercial providers, should help their audiences become attuned to indicators of deception.
—Brady Africk, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
According to certain segments of the wellness crowd, this is tantamount to taking a shvitz in Chernobyl, because the light emitted by modern devices is mostly in the blue range of the spectrum, and the photoreceptors regulating our circadian rhythms are particularly attuned to blue photons.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Moreover, the Fed is highly attuned to the downside risks to a labor market caught in a fragile ‘low hiring, low firing’ equilibrium.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Governments and media outlets using imagery, alongside commercial providers, should help their audiences become attuned to indicators of deception.
—Brady Africk, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
According to certain segments of the wellness crowd, this is tantamount to taking a shvitz in Chernobyl, because the light emitted by modern devices is mostly in the blue range of the spectrum, and the photoreceptors regulating our circadian rhythms are particularly attuned to blue photons.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Moreover, the Fed is highly attuned to the downside risks to a labor market caught in a fragile ‘low hiring, low firing’ equilibrium.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Attuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attuned. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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