fine-tuned; fine-tuning; fine-tunes
1
a
: to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance or effectiveness
fine-tune the engine of a race car
fine-tune the format
b
: to improve through minor alteration or revision
fine-tune the temperature of the room
fine-tune a policy
2
: to stabilize (an economy) by small-scale fiscal and monetary manipulations
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In other words, miso may help fine-tune the immune system by keeping it strong against threats without going into overdrive.
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Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2025
By adjusting the amount of choline chloride, the team could fine-tune flexibility.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Now finish its training by fine-tuning the model on computer code.
—Michael Moyer, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2025
Using Karya’s Platform-as-a-Service model, Digital Green sourced speech data directly from farmers in Kenya to fine-tune an agricultural AI model.
—Maggie Johnson, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
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Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2025
By adjusting the amount of choline chloride, the team could fine-tune flexibility.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Now finish its training by fine-tuning the model on computer code.
—Michael Moyer, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2025
Using Karya’s Platform-as-a-Service model, Digital Green sourced speech data directly from farmers in Kenya to fine-tune an agricultural AI model.
—Maggie Johnson, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fine-tune
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“Fine-tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine-tune. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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