attuned; attuning; attunes
1
: to bring into harmony : tune
2
: to make aware or responsive
attune businesses to changing trends
Examples of attune in a Sentence
after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture
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If managers uncritically accept that everything is fair, they may not be attuned to the ways their own views of white women workers, of workers of color, or other disadvantaged groups could be shaped by structural and interpersonal factors.
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Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
For Monroe, though, the effort was always public and always suspect — the culture was attuned to see any book in her hand as a prop.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
After the book’s publication, as the all-points media campaign has gathered momentum, the narrative has attuned itself even more to money, and the lack of it.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Getting into nature and being attuned to it are related, but still separate skills.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
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Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
For Monroe, though, the effort was always public and always suspect — the culture was attuned to see any book in her hand as a prop.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
After the book’s publication, as the all-points media campaign has gathered momentum, the narrative has attuned itself even more to money, and the lack of it.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Getting into nature and being attuned to it are related, but still separate skills.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for attune
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“Attune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attune. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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