: 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 …—
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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
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But being attuned to our own needs and desires tends to leave us feeling more satisfied and fulfilled and less resentful and angry.
—Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Now that she's had a few months to settle into life with baby Zayden, Kelly has been able to add a few subtle touches to make the space feel more attuned to her little one.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Celik seems attuned to such questions as a valid (if not necessarily revelatory) core for a play to circle around, but Cramer’s writing often feels caught between an exploration of comic diffidence and simply an expression of it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Harpman, who died in 2012, was a psychoanalyst, and her writing is attuned to the psychic damage caused by confinement.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
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Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Now that she's had a few months to settle into life with baby Zayden, Kelly has been able to add a few subtle touches to make the space feel more attuned to her little one.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Celik seems attuned to such questions as a valid (if not necessarily revelatory) core for a play to circle around, but Cramer’s writing often feels caught between an exploration of comic diffidence and simply an expression of it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Harpman, who died in 2012, was a psychoanalyst, and her writing is attuned to the psychic damage caused by confinement.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Attuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attuned. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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